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 lawrequires 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 alsoregulates 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 publicuponwithin 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 astandardizedski resort to establish its own signage policy anda standardized equipmentits 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 personkilledfatally 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) Establisha standardizedits own signage policy used to indicatea 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) Establisha policy for standardizedits 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.