88R3030 BEE-D
 
  By: Turner H.B. No. 2254
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of trampoline courts as amusement rides.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2151.002, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivisions (7) and (8) to
  read as follows:
               (1)  "Amusement ride" means a mechanical device that
  carries passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted
  course or within a defined area for the purpose of giving the
  passengers amusement, pleasure, or excitement or a trampoline
  court.  The term does not include:
                     (A)  a coin-operated ride that:
                           (i)  is manually, mechanically, or
  electrically operated;
                           (ii)  is customarily placed in a public
  location; and
                           (iii)  does not normally require the
  supervision or services of an operator;
                     (B)  nonmechanized playground equipment,
  including a swing, a seesaw, a stationary spring-mounted animal
  feature, a rider-propelled merry-go-round, a climber, a playground
  slide, a trampoline that is not part of a trampoline court, or a
  [and] physical fitness device; or
                     (C)  a challenge course or any part of a challenge
  course if the person who operates the challenge course has an
  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 not
  less than:
                           (i)  for facilities 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
                           (ii)  for facilities other than those 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.
               (7)  "Trampoline court" means a commercial facility
  with a defined area containing one or more trampolines or a series
  of trampolines or a trampoline court foam pit or a series of
  trampoline court foam pits. The term does not include a gymnastic
  training facility that only uses trampolines or trampoline court
  foam pits during the supervised instruction of gymnastic skills.
               (8)  "Trampoline court foam pit" means a trampoline
  dismount area filled with loose, impact-absorbing foam blocks.
         SECTION 2.  The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules
  necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act not later
  than December 1, 2023.
         SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding the changes in law made by this
  Act, a person operating a trampoline court that was in operation
  before December 1, 2023, is not required to satisfy the
  requirements for operation under Section 2151.101, Occupations
  Code, before March 1, 2024.
         SECTION 4.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
  section, this Act takes effect December 1, 2023.
         (b)  Sections 2 and 3 of this Act take effect September 1,
  2023.