Bill Text: MI SB1199 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Torts; liability; bowling centers; provide immunity from liability for slip and falls under certain circumstances. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-03 - Referred To Committee On Commerce And Tourism [SB1199 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB1199-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1199

 

 

March 3, 2010, Introduced by Senators BARCIA, KAHN, ALLEN, JANSEN, GLEASON, McMANUS, STAMAS, HARDIMAN and PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.

 

 

 

     A bill to require the operators of bowling centers to give

 

certain notices to bowlers; and to grant immunity from civil

 

liability to operators of bowling centers.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"bowling center act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Bowler" means a person in a bowling center for the

 

purpose of recreational or competitive bowling.

 

     (b) "Bowling center" means a structure that has an area

 

specifically designed to be used by the public for recreational or

 

competitive bowling.

 

     (c) "Bowling shoes" mean shoes that are specifically designed

 

for the purpose of recreational or competitive bowling.

 

     (d) "Operator" means a person that owns, manages, controls,

 

directs, or has the responsibility of operating a bowling center.

 

     Sec. 3. An operator shall post a notice in a conspicuous place

 

near each entrance to and exit from a bowling center that reads:

 

"Bowling shoes are specialized footwear and are not intended to be

 

worn outside a bowling center because the bowling shoes may be

 

affected by substances or materials such as snow, ice, rain,

 

moisture, food, or debris. Such substances or materials on bowling

 

shoes that have been worn outside a bowling center may cause the

 

person wearing the bowling shoes to slip, trip, stumble, or fall on

 

the floor or alley surfaces in the bowling center."

 

     Sec. 4. (1) If an operator posts a notice as required by

 

section 3, the operator is not civilly liable for injuries to a

 

bowler resulting from a slip, trip, stumble, or fall inside the

 

bowling center solely caused by a substance or material on the

 

bowler's bowling shoes that was acquired outside the bowling center

 

immediately before the bowler entered or reentered the bowling

 

center.

 

     (2) The protection from liability under this section does not

 

apply if the liability of the operator results from willful or

 

wanton misconduct.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act applies only to a cause of action

 

that accrues on or after January 1, 2011.