Bill Text: NH HB1687 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to governmental liability for personal injury on playground structures.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-10 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/09/2016 House Journal 23 P. 181 [HB1687 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1687-Introduced.html
HB 1687-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2824
08/09
HOUSE BILL 1687-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to governmental liability for personal injury on playground structures.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hopper, Hills. 2; Rep. Woodbury, Hills. 5; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows municipalities and school districts to be held liable for certain injuries on playground equipment.
This bill is a request of the committee to study government immunity from suit and accountability by its citizens established in 2015, 175 (SB 41).
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2824
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to governmental liability for personal injury on playground structures.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Municipal and School District Playground Facilities. Amend RSA 507-B:11 to read as follows:
507-B:11 Use of Municipal and School District Playground Facilities [for Skateboarding, Rollerblading, Stunt Biking, or Rollerskiing]. A municipality or school district, which without charge permits any person to use [a facility] playground structures operated by the municipality or school district [for the purpose of skateboarding, rollerblading, stunt biking, or rollerskiing, shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from the person's participation in such activity, in the absence of gross and wanton negligence] may be liable for damages in an action to recover for bodily injury, personal injury, or property damage under RSA 507-B:2.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
