By:  Lindsay, Janek                                               S.B. No. 1205


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to liability of the state and certain political 
subdivisions for certain recreational activities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (e), (f), and (g), Section 75.002, 
Civil Practice and Remedies Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(e)  In this section, "recreation" means, in addition to its 
meaning under Section 75.001, the following activities only if the 
activities take place on premises [inside a facility] owned, 
operated, or maintained by the state or a municipality or county for 
the purposes of those activities:
		(1)  hockey and in-line hockey; and                                           
		(2)  skating, in-line skating, roller-skating, 
skateboarding, and roller-blading.
	(f)  This section [Subsection (e)] limits the liability of 
the state or a municipality or county only for those damages arising 
directly from a recreational activity described in Subsection (e) 
but does not limit the liability of the state or a municipality or 
county for gross negligence or acts conducted in bad faith or with 
malicious intent.
	(g)  Any premises the state or a municipality or county
[that] owns, operates, or maintains and on [a facility in] which the 
recreational activities described in Subsection (e) are conducted 
shall post and maintain a clearly readable sign in a clearly visible 
location on or near the premises [building].  The sign shall contain 
the following warning language:

WARNING
	TEXAS LAW (CHAPTER 75, CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE) 
LIMITS THE LIABILITY OF THE STATE AND A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY FOR 
DAMAGES ARISING DIRECTLY FROM HOCKEY, IN-LINE HOCKEY, SKATING, 
IN-LINE SKATING, ROLLER-SKATING, SKATEBOARDING, OR ROLLER-BLADING 
ON PREMISES THAT THE STATE OR THE MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY OWNS, 
OPERATES, OR MAINTAINS FOR THAT PURPOSE [A FACILITY IN WHICH 
HOCKEY, IN-LINE HOCKEY, SKATING, IN-LINE SKATING, ROLLER-SKATING, 
SKATEBOARDING, OR ROLLER-BLADING ARE CONDUCTED FOR DAMAGES ARISING 
DIRECTLY FROM SUCH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES].
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a cause of action that 
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act.  A cause of 
action that accrues before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that 
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.