Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Land Use Committee on June 29, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 2879
Extends landowner immunity for public's recreational use of land, woodcutting and harvest of special forest products to paths, trails, roads, watercourses and other rights of way that are used by person to reach land for recreational purposes, woodcutting or harvest of special forest products.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Extends landowner immunity for public's recreational use of land, woodcutting and harvest of special forest products to paths, trails, roads, watercourses and other rights of way that are used by person to reach land for recreational purposes, woodcutting or harvest of special forest products. Requires that right of way must be on land that is adjacent to land that person intends to use for recreational purposes, woodcutting or harvest of special forest products. Allows landowner to receive liquidated damages in amount not to exceed $1,000 in action in which landowner establishes that landowner closed land of landowner to certain activities and defendant entered upon land and engaged in prohibited activities without permission of landowner.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
5 co-sponsors
Wayne Krieger, Andy Olson, Mike Schaufler, Gene Whisnant, Brad Witt
Its course
March 4 to June 29, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action5 actions on 5 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 4 to Jun 29 · stopped117 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 4 to Mar 95 days
Land UseMar 9 to Jun 29 · stopped112 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Mar 4 – Jun 29
- Mar 4Introduced
- Mar 9Sent to Land Use
- Mar 19Heard in Land Use
- Apr 16Heard in Land Use
- Jun 29Died when the session ended
All 5 actions, as published
- Mar 4First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Mar 9Referred to Land Use.House of Representatives
- Mar 19Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Apr 16Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 29In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives