H.B. No. 408




AN ACT

relating to the liability of landowners for certain uses of their 
land.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 75.003(c), Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  Except for a governmental unit, this chapter applies 
only to an owner, lessee, or occupant of real property who:
		(1)  does not charge for entry to the premises;                               
		(2)  charges for entry to the premises, but whose total 
charges collected in the previous calendar year for all 
recreational use of the entire premises of the owner, lessee, or 
occupant are not more than 20[:
			[(A)  twice the total amount of ad valorem taxes 
imposed on the premises for the previous calendar year; or
			[(B)  four] times the total amount of ad valorem 
taxes imposed on the premises for the previous calendar year[, in 
the case of agricultural land]; or
		(3)  has liability insurance coverage in effect on an 
act or omission described by Section 75.004(a) and in the amounts 
equal to or greater than those provided by that section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after that 
date. An action that accrued before the effective date of this Act 
is governed by the law applicable to the action immediately before 
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect 
for that purpose.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 408 was passed by the House on April 
24, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 408 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor