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House Bill 2879 |
House Author: Keffer, Bill |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Armbrister |
Under previous law an amusement park operator was required to carry liability insurance to cover injuries arising out of the use of amusement rides in the amounts of $100,000 per occurrence for Class A (fixed location) rides and $1,000,000 per occurrence for Class B (other than fixed location) rides. House Bill 2879 amends the Occupations Code to require that such insurance be a combined single limit or split limit policy of either $100,000 bodily injury and $50,000 property damage per occurrence or $150,000 per occurrence combined single limit for Class A rides and either $1,000,000 bodily injury and $500,000 property damage per occurrence or $1.5 million per occurrence combined single limit for Class B rides. The bill excludes a challenge course constructed and used for educational, team and confidence building, or physical fitness purposes from regulation as an amusement ride if the operator of all or any part of such a course has the combined single limit or split limit coverage required for an amusement park operator.