House File 537

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MILLER


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of all=terrain vehicle
  2    recreational riding areas and appropriating fees.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2752YH 80
  5 rh/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321G.22A  ESTABLISHMENT OF ALL=
  1  2 TERRAIN VEHICLE RECREATIONAL RIDING AREA == LIMITATION OF
  1  3 LIABILITY.
  1  4    1.  All=terrain vehicle fees collected pursuant to sections
  1  5 321G.4 and 321G.6 are appropriated and may be used for the
  1  6 establishment, maintenance, and operation of all=terrain
  1  7 vehicle recreational riding areas through the awarding of
  1  8 grants administered by the department.  All=terrain vehicle
  1  9 recreational riding areas established, maintained, or operated
  1 10 by the use of such grants shall not be operated for profit.
  1 11    2.  A public or private owner of land on which an all=
  1 12 terrain vehicle recreational riding area is established,
  1 13 maintained, or operated and the public or private owner of
  1 14 property adjoining such land owe no duty of care to keep the
  1 15 land and the adjoining land safe for entry or use by persons
  1 16 operating an all=terrain vehicle or other recreational
  1 17 vehicle, or to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use,
  1 18 structure, or activity on such premises to persons entering
  1 19 for such purposes.  A lessee or other agent of the owner and
  1 20 any prior owners of the land and adjoining land shall have no
  1 21 greater duty of care than the current owner or current
  1 22 adjoining owner.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to the establishment of an all=terrain
  1 25 vehicle recreational riding area.
  1 26    The bill appropriates and provides that all=terrain vehicle
  1 27 fees collected pursuant to Code chapter 321G may be used for
  1 28 the establishment and operation of not=for=profit all=terrain
  1 29 vehicle recreational riding areas.
  1 30    The bill limits the liability of a public or private owner
  1 31 of land on which an all=terrain vehicle recreational riding
  1 32 area is established.  In addition, a lessee or other agent of
  1 33 the owner and any prior owners of the land and adjoining land
  1 34 shall have no greater duty of care than the current owner or
  1 35 current adjoining owner.
  2  1 LSB 2752YH 80
  2  2 rh/sh/8