S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 289 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judici- ary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to the liabil- ity of landowners who permit recreational uses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 9-103 of the gener- 2 al obligations law, as separately amended by chapters 141 and 286 of the 3 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 4 a. an owner, lessee or occupant of premises, whether or not posted as 5 provided in section 11-2111 of the environmental conservation law, owes 6 no duty: (1) to keep the premises safe for entry, PASSAGE OVER PREMISES 7 or use by others for hunting, fishing, organized gleaning as defined in 8 section seventy-one-y of the agriculture and markets law, canoeing, 9 boating, trapping, hiking, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, sledding, 10 speleological activities, horseback riding, bicycle riding, hang glid- 11 ing, motorized vehicle operation for recreational purposes, snowmobile 12 operation, cutting or gathering of wood for non-commercial purposes 13 [or], training of dogs, AND ANY OTHER RECREATIONAL USE; or (2) to give 14 warning of any hazardous condition or use of or structure or activity on 15 such premises to persons entering for such purposes; 16 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02661-01-3