S 3081: Provides that there is no duty to keep premises safe for persons engaging in noncommercial aviation.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3081 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to noncommer- cial aviation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 9-103 of the gener- 2 al obligations law, as separately amended by chapters 141 and 286 of the 3 laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 4 a. an owner, lessee or occupant of premises, whether or not posted as 5 provided in section 11-2111 of the environmental conservation law, owes 6 no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for hunt- 7 ing, fishing, organized gleaning as defined in section seventy-one-y of 8 the agriculture and markets law, canoeing, boating, trapping, hiking, 9 cross-country skiing, tobogganing, sledding, speleological activities, 10 horseback riding, bicycle riding, hang gliding, motorized vehicle opera- 11 tion for recreational purposes, snowmobile operation, cutting or gather- 12 ing of wood for non-commercial purposes or training of dogs, noncommer- 13 cial aviation, or to give warning of any hazardous condition or use of 14 or structure or activity on such premises to persons entering for such 15 purposes; 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01831-01-5