23.0952.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2298
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Vedaa, Hogue
Representatives O'Brien, Pyle, Schreiber-Beck
1 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 53-08 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to recreational activities on land owned or leased by the state.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 53-08 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
5 and enacted as follows:
6 Land owned or leased by the state - Duty of care.
7 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, when an owner or lessor of land is the
8 state, the state owes a duty of reasonable care to keep the premises safe for entry or use by
9 others for recreational purposes, regardless of the location and nature of the recreational
10 purposes and whether the entry or use by others is for recreational purposes or is directly
11 derived from the recreational purposes of others. The state shall clearly and conspicuously warn
12 of a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity on the land to persons entering for
13 recreational purposes.
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