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Committee approves Bill 146 to expand recreational-use liability protections for private landowners
Summary
A Senate committee approved Bill 146 to add specific recreational activities to Arkansasstatutory limits on landowner liability when private owners open their land for free public recreation, lawmakers and agency staff said.
A Senate committee voted to pass Bill 146, which adds horseback riding, cycling, mountain biking, rock climbing, skateboarding, hoverboarding and paddle boarding to the list of recreational activities covered by Arkansasstatutory limits on landowner liability when private owners voluntarily open property for recreational use.
The change amends a long-standing recreational-use statute first enacted in 1965, agency attorneys and Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism staff told the committee during a floor-level review. Hugh Clay Stone, general counsel at the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, said the statute "doesn't give the public a right to enter onto private property" and is aimed at owners who invite the public onto their land…
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