By:  Geren                                                        H.B. No. 3467



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to liability of sponsors of and participants in certain 
activities involving animals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 87.005, Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 87.005.  WARNING NOTICE.  (a)  An equine professional 
shall post and maintain a sign that contains the warning contained 
in Subsection (c) if the professional manages or controls a stable, 
corral, or arena where the professional conducts an equine 
activity.  The professional must post the sign in a clearly visible 
location on or near the stable, corral, or arena.
	(b)  An equine professional shall include the warning 
contained in Subsection (c) in every written contract that the 
professional enters into with a participant for professional 
services, instruction, or the rental of equipment or tack or an 
equine animal.  The warning must be included without regard to 
whether the contract involves equine activities on or off the 
location or site of the business of the equine professional.  The 
warning must be clearly readable.
	(c)  The warning posted by an equine professional under this 
section must be [as follows] one of the following:

WARNING

UNDER TEXAS LAW (CHAPTER 87, CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE), AN 
EQUINE PROFESSIONAL IS NOT LIABLE FOR AN INJURY TO OR THE DEATH OF A 
PARTICIPANT IN EQUINE ACTIVITIES RESULTING FROM THE INHERENT RISKS 
OF EQUINE ACTIVITIES.

[WARNING]

;or                                                                    

WARNING

UNDER TEXAS LAW (CHAPTER 87, CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE), AN 
EQUINE PROFESSIONAL / LIVESTOCK SHOW SPONSOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR AN 
INJURY TO OR THE DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT IN EQUINE / LIVESTOCK SHOW 
ACTIVITIES RESULTING FROM THE INHERENT RISKS OF EQUINE / LIVESTOCK 
SHOW ACTIVITIES.
	(d)  A livestock show sponsor shall post and maintain a sign 
that contains the warning prescribed by Subsection (f) if the 
livestock show sponsor manages or controls a stable, barn, corral, 
or arena at which the livestock show sponsor conducts a livestock 
show.  The livestock show sponsor must post the sign in a clearly 
visible location near the stable, barn, corral, or arena.
	(e)  A livestock show sponsor shall include the warning 
prescribed by Subsection (f) in every written contract that the 
sponsor enters into with a livestock show participant.  The warning 
must be clearly readable.
	(f)  The warning posted by a livestock show sponsor under 
this section must be [as follows] one of the following:

WARNING

UNDER TEXAS LAW (CHAPTER 87, CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE), A 
LIVESTOCK SHOW SPONSOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR AN INJURY TO OR THE DEATH 
OF A PARTICIPANT IN A LIVESTOCK SHOW RESULTING FROM THE INHERENT 
RISKS OF LIVESTOCK SHOW ACTIVITIES.

;or                                                                    

WARNING

UNDER TEXAS LAW (CHAPTER 87, CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE), AN 
EQUINE PROFESSIONAL / LIVESTOCK SHOW SPONSOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR AN 
INJURY TO OR THE DEATH OF A PARTICIPANT IN EQUINE / LIVESTOCK SHOW 
ACTIVITIES RESULTING FROM THE INHERENT RISKS OF EQUINE / LIVESTOCK 
SHOW ACTIVITIES.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.