This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 12:00 PM by naomigarrow.
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill addresses limitations on landowner liability.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ addresses use by a guest of a migratory bird production area under provisions
13 related to limiting landowner liability under certain circumstances; and
14 ▸ makes technical changes.
15 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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17 Other Special Clauses:
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19 Utah Code Sections Affected:
20 AMENDS:
21 57-14-202, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 212
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 57-14-202 is amended to read:
26 57-14-202. Use of private land without charge -- Effect.
27 (1) Except as provided in Subsection 57-14-204(1), an owner of land who either
28 directly or indirectly invites or permits without charge, or for a nominal fee of no more than $1
29 per year, any person to use the owner's land for any recreational purpose, or an owner of a
30 public access area open to public recreational access under Title 73, Chapter 29, Public Waters
31 Access Act, does not:
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35 duty of care is owed;
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37 caused by an act or omission of the person or any other person who enters upon the land; or
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39 for recreational purposes.
40 (2) The limitations of liability provided in this part apply to the owner of land
41 designated as a migratory bird production area under Title 23, Chapter 28, Migratory Bird
42 Production Area, that is owned and operated for any purpose allowed under Title 23, Chapter
43 28, Migratory Bird Production Area, if:
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45a member, or partner of the owner ←Ĥ to engage in an activity with a recreational purpose on that
45b land; and
46 (b) the guest is not charged.
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48 57-14-401. Activities with a recreational purpose on certain lands.
49 (1) Notwithstanding Section 57-14-202 to the contrary, a person may not make a claim
50 against or recover from an owner of any land for personal injury or property damages caused
51 either directly or indirectly by participating in an activity with a recreational purpose on the
52 land, including land:
53 (a) in developed or improved, urban or semi-rural areas opened to the general public
54 without charge, such as a lake, pond, park, trail, waterway, or other recreation site[, for
55 personal injury or property damage caused either directly or indirectly by participating in an
56 activity with a recreational purpose on the land.]; or
57 (b) designated as a migratory bird production area under Title 23, Chapter 28,
58 Migratory Bird Production Area, if the person is invited or permitted to enter the land to ←Ĥ
59 Ĥ→ engage in an activity with a recreational purpose as provided in Subsection 57-14-202(2).
60 (2) Nothing in this section may be construed to relieve a person participating in a
61 recreational purpose from an obligation that the person would have in the absence of this
62 section to exercise due care or from the legal consequences of a failure to exercise due care.] ←Ĥ