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 ________________________________________________________________________ 5441 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 18, 2011 ___________ 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