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Bill would clarify operator liability and safety standards for mountain-bike parks and lift operations
Summary
A bill presented to the House Agriculture committee would set safety standards, inspection authority and a proximate-cause liability standard for operators of mountain-bike parks and similar outdoor-recreation facilities with lift access; no committee vote appears in the provided excerpt.
Representative John Maddox presented a bill intended to clarify rights and responsibilities for operators of mountain-bike parks and other outdoor-recreation activities, including parks that have lift access. Clay Stone, general counsel for the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, joined Maddox to answer questions.
Stone said the bill was one of the measures supporting the governor’s effort to expand outdoor recreation in Arkansas and that it lays out expectations for…
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