Bill Text: CA AB1652 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public safety: ski resorts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-23 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1652 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1652-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1652	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 17, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Yee)

                        JANUARY 14, 2010

   An act to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 115815) to
Chapter 4 of Part 10 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public safety.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1652, as amended, Jones. Public safety: ski resorts.
   Existing law  requires a person under 18 years of age to
wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet while operating a
bicycle or riding upon a bicycle as a passenger upon the streets or
any other public bicycle path. Existing law also  regulates
certain behavior related to recreational activities and public
safety, including  ,  among other activities, skateboarding
and recreational water use.
   This bill would require ski resorts to prepare an annual safety
plan, make the safety plan available to the public  upon
  within 30 days of receipt of a  request, and make
available to the public  , within 30 days of receipt of a
request,  a monthly report with specified details about any
fatal incidents at the resort which resulted from a recreational
activity. The bill would also require a  standardized
  ski resort to establish its own  signage policy
and  a standardized equipment   its own safety
 padding policy for the resort.
   The bill would also provide that it shall become operative only if
SB 880 is also enacted.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 4 (commencing with Section 115815) is added to
Chapter 4 of Part 10 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code,
to read:

      Article 4.  Ski Resorts


   115815.  A ski resort that operates in California shall do all of
the following:
   (a) Prepare an annual safety plan that conforms with the
requirements of federal regulations applicable to ski resorts
operating on federal property.
   (b) Make the annual safety plan available to the public at the ski
resort, upon request  , within 30 days of receipt of such a
request  .
   (c) Make available to the public  , within 30 days of 
 receipt of a request,  a monthly report containing the
following information, if known:
   (1) A description of each incident resulting in a fatality which
occurred on the ski resort property and resulted from a recreational
activity, such as skiing, snowboarding, and sledding, that the resort
is designed to provide.
   (2) The age of each person  killed   fatally
injured  in an incident identified in paragraph (1), the type of
recreational activity involved, the cause of the fatality, the
location at the resort where the incident occurred, and the name of
any facility where medical treatment was provided. The report shall
not identify a deceased person by name or address.
   (d) Establish  a standardized   its own 
signage policy used to indicate  a ski area boundary,
hazard, or other safety information.   the ski area
boundaries, closed areas, relative degree of slope difficulty, and
other safety and educational information. 
   (e) Establish  a policy for standardized  
its own policy for  safety padding or other barriers for lift
towers and fixed snowmaking equipment located on or in close
proximity to groomed ski runs.
  SEC. 2.  This act shall become operative only if Senate Bill 880 of
the 2009-10 Regular Session is also enacted.