NJ A306

Private beach owners and lessees in New Jersey would have no duty to keep beach premises safe for public recreational use or to post warning signs about natural hazards when beaches are unguarded

Complete immunity from liability would apply for injuries or deaths occurring on unguarded beach areas or in adjacent tidal waters during recreational activities

For guarded beach areas, liability would only attach in cases of willful or malicious failure to warn of dangers, negligence where fees were charged beyond state compensation, or gross negligence for non-public-access uses

"Unguarded" includes any time or location where no trained, on-duty lifeguard is physically present to monitor safety and provide rescue services

The bill aligns private beach owner protections with existing liability limitations for owners of agricultural, conserved, and other environmentally regulated lands open to public recreation