Bill Text: NY A05441 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires skiers to wear helmets and imposes civil penalties for failure to do so; such penalties shall be $50 for the first offense and $100 for each subsequent offense; provides parents would be jointly liable for payment of fines if minor who is 16 years of age commits a violation hereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to judiciary [A05441 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05441-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5441
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 18, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Judiciary
       AN  ACT  to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the use of
         protective headgear at ski areas
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  general  obligations  law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 18-105-a to read as follows:
    3    S 18-105-A. USE OF PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR AT SKI AREAS. 1. NO PARTICIPANT
    4  SHALL ENGAGE IN SKI AREA ACTIVITY UNLESS SUCH PARTICIPANT IS  WEARING  A
    5  HELMET MEETING THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STAND-
    6  ARDS  INSTITUTE OR THE SNELL-MEMORIAL FOUNDATION'S STANDARDS FOR PROTEC-
    7  TIVE HEADGEAR. FOR THE PURPOSE OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  WEARING  A  HELMET
    8  MEANS  HAVING  A HELMET OF GOOD FIT FASTENED SECURELY UPON THE HEAD WITH
    9  HELMET STRAPS.
   10    2. ANY PARTICIPANT WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
   11  THIS SECTION SHALL PAY A FINE OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE AND
   12  A FINE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. ANY MINOR WHO
   13  IS  SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE
   14  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE WITH  HIS  OR  HER
   15  PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN FOR THE FINE IMPOSED.
   16    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   17  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06434-01-1
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