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SENATE BILL NO. 1150 Offered January 20, 1997 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8.01-220.1:2, relating to immunity; nonprofit sports activities. ---------- Patron-- Earley ---------- Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 8.01-220.1:2 as follows:

§ 8.01-220.1:2. Civil immunity for certain tax-exempt organizations involved in sports activities and their volunteers and sponsors.

Any organization conducting nonprofit sports activities which is exempt from taxation under § 501 (c) or § 528 of the Internal Revenue Code; any individual volunteer in such organization who serves without compensation; and any person, firm, corporation or other organization or entity that sponsors or otherwise helps to defray the costs of the sports activities of such organization shall be immune from civil liability for acts or omissions resulting from the conduct of those sporting activities in the absence of gross negligence, willful or malicious misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to provide immunity from liability arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle.