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HB1687: relative to governmental liability for personal injury on playground structures.

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HB 1687-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2824

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1687-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to governmental liability for personal injury on playground structures.


ANALYSIS

This bill allows municipalities and school districts to be held liable for certain injuries on playground equipment.

This bill is a request of the committee to study government immunity from suit and accountability by its citizens established in 2015, 175 (SB 41).

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2824

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to governmental liability for personal injury on playground structures.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Use of Municipal and School District Playground Facilities. Amend RSA 507-B:11 to read as follows:

507-B:11 Use of Municipal and School District Playground Facilities [for Skateboarding, Rollerblading, Stunt Biking, or Rollerskiing]. A municipality or school district, which without charge permits any person to use [a facility] playground structures operated by the municipality or school district [for the purpose of skateboarding, rollerblading, stunt biking, or rollerskiing, shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from the person's participation in such activity, in the absence of gross and wanton negligence] may be liable for damages in an action to recover for bodily injury, personal injury, or property damage under RSA 507-B:2.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.