GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 498

SENATE BILL 471

AN ACT TO LIMIT THE LIABILITY OF LANDOWNERS TO PERSONS USING THEIR LAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAILS SYSTEM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 6 of Chapter 113A is amended by adding a new section at the end to read:

"§ 113A-95.  Liability to users of the Trails System.-An owner, lessee, occupant, or other person in control of land who allows without compensation another person to hike or use the land for recreational purposes as established under this Article owes the person the same duty of care he owes a trespasser."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 1987.