79R14536 MSE-F


By:  Eiland                                                       H.B. No. 1892



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to excluding certain challenge courses from regulation as 
amusement rides.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2151, Occupations Code, is 
amended by adding Section 2151.107 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2151.107.  EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CHALLENGE COURSES 
MEETING INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.  (a)  In this section, "challenge 
course" means a challenge, ropes, team building, or obstacle 
course, which may include logs, tires, platforms, beams, bridges, 
poles, ropes, ladders, nets, climbing walls, rock climbing walls, 
climbing towers, traverses, rock climbing devices, cables, swings, 
or zip lines, that is constructed and used for educational, team and 
confidence building, or physical fitness purposes.
	(b)  A challenge course or any part of a challenge course is 
not considered an amusement ride subject to regulation under this 
chapter if the person who operates the challenge course has a 
combined single limit or split limit insurance policy currently in 
effect written by an insurance company authorized to do business in 
this state or by a surplus lines insurer, as defined by Chapter 981, 
Insurance Code, or has an independently procured policy subject to 
Chapter 101, Insurance Code, insuring the operator against 
liability for injury to persons arising out of the use of the 
challenge course in an amount of at least:
		(1)  for a challenge course with a fixed location:                     
			(A)  $100,000 bodily injury and $50,000 property 
damage per occurrence with a $300,000 annual aggregate; or
			(B)  a $150,000 per occurrence combined single 
limit with a $300,000 annual aggregate; and
		(2)  for a challenge course other than one with a fixed 
location:    
			(A)  $1,000,000 bodily injury and $500,000 
property damage per occurrence; or
			(B)  $1,500,000 per occurrence combined single 
limit.               
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.