ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2296	By:	Proctor and Pittman of the House

				and

		Crain and Shortey of the Senate

An Act relating to torts; prohibiting liability for certain owners who allow shelter in office during severe weather; defining terms; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Immunity from civil damages

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 81 of Title 76, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  An owner of a manufactured mobile home park or an owner of a recreational vehicle park who provides access to the park office as a shelter in times of severe weather, shall not be liable for any civil damages to any person using the office as shelter during severe weather if the owner was acting in good faith and the damage or injury was not caused by the willful or wanton negligence or misconduct of the owner.

B.  For purposes of this section:

1.  “Manufactured mobile home park” means an area of land that contains residential dwellings fabricated in an off-site manufacturing facility, designed to be permanent residences, but which are still transportable;

2.  "Recreational vehicle park" means an area of land that contains a vehicle which is built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor chassis or chassis cab which becomes an integral part of the completed vehicle and is capable of being operated on the highways; and 

3.  “Severe weather” includes but is not limited to tornadoes, high winds and floods.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

Passed the House of Representatives the 15th day of March, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 4th day of April, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate