S3027-2013 Actions

• Jan 28, 2013: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

S3027-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3027

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the general obligations law, in
relation to providing that there shall be no duty to keep premises
safe for entry or use by others for recreational aviation activities

PURPOSE:  To expand the scope of the general obligations law to
include recreational aviation activities.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends paragraph A of Section 9-103 of the General
Obligations Law, adding recreational aviation to the list of
activities where an owner or occupant of certain property owes no duty
to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others.

Section 2 - provides for an immediate effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:  This bill is intended to extend a measure of liability
protection for private airfield owners similar to that provided to
other property owners who allow their properties to be used
recreationally.

When a private-use airport becomes operational, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) inspects the airport to see if it meets FAA
standards for emergency use. If so, it is put on the aeronautical
charts for pilots and pertinent information is available to air
traffic controllers in the event of an in-flight emergency. Private
airfield owners do not need to allow anyone to use their private-use
airfields except in emergencies. However, pilots can contact private
airfield owners to request permission to use their airfield in
non-emergency situations, including non-commercial, recreational
activities such as hunting, camping, fishing and regional tourism.
Many airfield owners have restricted use due to liability concerns,
but would be more willing to allow others to use their airfields if
the law clearly limited their liability for others' occasional
recreational use.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S3027-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3027
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 28, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 

AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in  relation  to  providing
 that  there shall be no duty to keep premises safe for entry or use by
 others for recreational aviation activities
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 9-103 of the gener
 al obligations law, as separately amended by chapters 141 and 286 of the
 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:

 a.  an owner, lessee or occupant of premises, whether or not posted as
 provided in section 11-2111 of the environmental conservation law,  owes
 no  duty  to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for hunt
 ing, fishing, organized gleaning as defined in section seventy-one-y  of
 the  agriculture  and  markets law, canoeing, boating, trapping, hiking,
 cross-country skiing, tobogganing, sledding,  speleological  activities,
 horseback riding, bicycle riding, hang gliding, motorized vehicle opera
 tion  for recreational purposes, RECREATIONAL AVIATION ACTIVITIES, snow
 mobile operation,  cutting  or  gathering  of  wood  for  non-commercial
 purposes or training of dogs, or to give warning of any hazardous condi
 tion  or  use  of  or  structure or activity on such premises to persons
 entering for such purposes;
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08123-01-3

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