Amendment ASA1-AB628

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, To 1995 ASSEMBLY BILL 628

March 21, 1996 - Offered by Representatives Green and Prosser.

AB628-ASA1,1,2 An Act to create 895.525 (4m) of the statutes; relating to: liability of a person engaged in contact sports activities.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB628-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 895.525 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB628-ASA1,1,9 895.525 (4m) Liability of contact sports participants. (a) A participant in a recreational activity that includes physical contact between persons in a sport involving amateur teams, including teams in recreational, municipal, high school and college leagues, may be liable for an injury inflicted on another participant during and as part of that sport in a tort action only if the participant who caused the injury acted recklessly or with intent to cause injury.

AB628-ASA1,2,2 (b) Unless the professional league establishes a clear policy with a different standard, a participant in an athletic activity that includes physical contact between persons in a sport involving professional teams in a professional league may be liable for an injury inflicted on another participant during and as part of that sport in a tort action only if the participant who caused the injury acted recklessly or with intent to cause injury.

AB628-ASA1, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

AB628-ASA1,2,5 (1) This act first applies to injuries received on the effective date of this subsection.

AB628-ASA1,2,6 (End)