Bill Text: CA SB1126 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1126 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Space flight liability.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-27 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1126 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1126-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 1126	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Knight

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   An act to amend Section 2210 of the Civil Code, relating to civil
liability.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1126, as introduced, Knight. Space flight liability.
   The Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act requires a space
flight entity to collect a signed warning statement from each
participant in space flight activities that informs the participant
that there is limited civil liability for bodily injury sustained as
a result of the inherent risks associated with space flight
activities. The act defines terms for those purposes.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the
definition provision.
   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.  Section 2210 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   2210.  For purposes of this article:
   (a) "Participant" means a space flight participant as defined in
Section 50902 of Title 51 of the United States Code.
   (b) "Participant injury" means a bodily injury, including death,
emotional injury, or property damage, sustained by the participant.
   (c) "Space flight activities" means launch services or reentry
services as defined in Section 50902 of Title 51 of the United States
Code.
   (d) "Space flight entity" means any public or private entity that
holds, either directly or through a corporate subsidiary or parent, a
license, permit, or other authorization issued by the 
United States  Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to
the federal Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 
(51 U.S.C. Sec. 50905 et seq.),   (Public Law 108-492),
 including, but not limited to, a safety approval and a payload
determination.