HB 1833 Summary

• Adds Arkansas Code § 27-21-110 to establish liability protections for owners of private property where all-terrain vehicles are used

• Participants in all-terrain vehicle use on private property assume inherent risks including surface changes, collisions, operator error, animal attacks, and medical emergencies in remote locations

• Property owners are not liable for injuries or deaths resulting from inherent risks of all-terrain vehicle use; participants cannot bring claims against property owners for such injuries

• Property owners retain liability for intentional injuries, gross negligence, providing unsafe vehicles with knowledge of defects, ordinary negligence, and willful or wanton misconduct that proximately causes injury or death

• Excludes employer-employee relationships covered under Workers' Compensation Law from the liability protections