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2012 SESSION

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HB 553 Airports, privately owned; duty of care and liability of landowners.

Introduced by: Barry D. Knight | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Privately owned airports; duty of care of landowners.  Limits the liability of owners of private, unlicensed airports that are not open to the public and for use of which no fee is charged to gross negligence or willful or malicious failure to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity. Owners are liable for ordinary negligence related to conditions on the premises that proximately cause damage to property or injury to occupants of an aircraft or ultralight vehicle landing on or taking off from such premises.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101919D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/12  Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105502D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/02/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB553ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/21/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/10/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101919D
• 01/10/12  House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 01/20/12  House: Assigned Transportation sub: #1
• 01/23/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/12  House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/12  House: Read first time
• 01/30/12  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/31/12  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/12  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/01/12  Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/15/12  Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (12-Y 1-N)
• 02/15/12  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 02/20/12  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/12  Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105502D-S1
• 02/21/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/12  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/12  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/12  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/23/12  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105502D-S1
• 02/23/12  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB553S1
• 02/23/12  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)
• 02/24/12  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/27/12  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 12105502D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/12  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/12  House: Enrolled
• 03/02/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB553ER)
• 03/02/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/05/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/21/12  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 302 (effective 7/1/12)
• 03/21/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302)