CS/CS/HB 313 - Premises Liability Summary

• Owners or lessees who make areas available for hunting, fishing, or wildlife viewing are entitled to liability limitations if they provide written notice to users before entry or post notice conspicuously on the area.

• Owners entering written agreements with the state for outdoor recreational use are entitled to liability limitations, removing the previous requirement that the area be leased to the state.

• Liability protections apply only when no charge is made for entry or use of the area and no commercial revenue is derived from public patronage of the area.

• Liability protections do not apply to deliberate, willful, or malicious injury to persons or property.

• "Outdoor recreational purposes" includes hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing, swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, pleasure driving, nature study, water skiing, motorcycling, and visiting historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites.

• Effective date: July 1, 2012.