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<br /> --.--- <br /> . CHAPTER No. <br /> S. F. No. <br /> H.R. No. 1757 <br /> AN ACT <br /> 1 Relating to the use of privately owned lands and waters by the <br /> 2 public for beneficial recreational purposes; clarifying the <br /> 3 nature and extent of liability of owners to persons using such <br /> 4 lands; providing protection from nuisance lawsuits; amending <br /> 5 Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 87.0221; 87.024; 87.025; 87.03; <br /> 6 adding a new subdivision to section 87.021; and by adding a <br /> 7 new section to Minnesota Statutes 1992 Chapter 87. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGiSLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Sec. 1. Minnesota Statutes 1992, Section 87.021, is amended to add a new subdivision <br /> 13 to read: <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Subd. 1a. 'Intentionally' means that the actor either has a ouroose to do the thine or <br /> 16 cause the result soecified or beli~~uhauhe.!~rfor1!led by the actor, if succes~ful. will <br /> 17 cause that result. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1992, Section 87.0221, is amended to read: <br /> .20 <br /> 21 87.0221 OWNER'S DUTY OF CARE OR DUTY TO GIVE WARNINGS <br /> 22 Except as speci fically recognized by or provided in section 87.025, an owner (a) owes <br /> 23 no duty of care to render or maintain the land safe for entry or use by other persons for <br /> 24 . recreational purposes, (b) owes no duty to warn those persons of any dangerous condition on <br /> 25 the land, whether patent or latent, (c) owes no duty of care toward those persons except to <br /> 26 refrain from intention all v causing v:illfull~' tal:iRg ae.tieR ts e.aliBa injury, and (d) owes no <br /> 27 duty to curtail use of the land during its use for recreational purposes. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1992, Section 87.024, is amended to read: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 87.024 LIABILITY; LEASED LAND, WATER FILLED MINE PITS <br /> 33 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the provisions of sections 87.0221 and 87.023 .M~9 <br /> 34 shall be deemed applicable to the duties and liability of an owner of the following <br /> 35 described land: (1) land leased to the state or any subdivision thereof for recreational <br /> 36 purposes; or (2) idled or abandoned, water filled, mine pits whose pit walls may slump or <br /> 37 cave, and to which water the public has access from a water access site operated by a public <br /> 38 entity. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1992. Section 87.025, is amended to read: <br /> 42 <br /> 43 87.025 OWNERS' LIABILITY; NOT LIMITED <br /> 44 Except as provided in this chapter nothing herein limits in any way any liability <br /> .45 which otherwise exists: <br /> 1 Rev. 1 12993 <br />