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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1335
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1335 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Bowling Center Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 7 | "Operator" means a person or entity that owns, manages,
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| 8 | controls, directs, or has operational responsibility for a
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| 9 | bowling center.
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| 10 | "Bowler" means a person in a bowling center for the purpose | ||||||
| 11 | of
recreational or competitive bowling.
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| 12 | "Bowling center" means a building, facility, or
premises | ||||||
| 13 | that provides an area specifically designed to be
used by the | ||||||
| 14 | public for recreational or competitive bowling.
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| 15 | "Bowling shoes" mean shoes that are specifically designed | ||||||
| 16 | for the purpose of recreational or competitive bowling.
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| 1 | Section 10. Operator notice to bowlers.
An operator shall | ||||||
| 2 | post a notice in a conspicuous place near each bowling center | ||||||
| 3 | entrance and exit that reads as follows: "Bowling shoes are | ||||||
| 4 | specialized footwear and are not intended to be worn outside a | ||||||
| 5 | bowling center because the bowling shoes may be affected by | ||||||
| 6 | substances or materials such as: snow, ice, rain, moisture, | ||||||
| 7 | food, or debris. Such substances or materials on bowling shoes | ||||||
| 8 | that have been worn outside a bowling center may cause the | ||||||
| 9 | person wearing the bowling shoes to slip, trip, stumble, or | ||||||
| 10 | fall on the floor or alley surfaces in the bowling center."
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| 11 | Section 15. Civil liability. If the operator posts a notice | ||||||
| 12 | in a conspicuous place near each bowling center entrance and | ||||||
| 13 | exit in the form described in Section 10, the operator, except | ||||||
| 14 | for willful and wanton misconduct, shall not be held civilly | ||||||
| 15 | liable for injuries resulting from a slip, trip, stumble, or | ||||||
| 16 | fall inside the bowling center solely caused by some substance | ||||||
| 17 | or material on the bowler's bowling shoes that was acquired | ||||||
| 18 | outside the bowling center immediately before entering or | ||||||
| 19 | re-entering the bowling center.
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| 20 | Section 98. Applicability. This Act applies only to causes | ||||||
| 21 | of action accruing on or after January 1, 2010.".
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