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<br /> AN ACT Relating to the limitation of liability of owners or others
<br /> in possession of land and water areas for injuries to recreational
<br /> users; and amending RCW 4.24.210.
<br /> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
<br /> Sec. 1. RCW 4.24.210 and 1992 c 52 s 1 are each amended to read as
<br /> follows:
<br /> (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section,
<br /> any public or private landowners or others in lawful possession and
<br /> control of any lands whether designated resource, rural, or urban, or
<br /> water areas or channels and lands adjacent to such areas or channels,
<br /> who allow members of the public to use them for the purposes of outdoor
<br /> recreation, which term includes, but is not limited to, the cutting,
<br /> gathering, and removing of firewood by private persons for their
<br /> personal use without purchasing the firewood from the landowner,
<br /> hunting, fishing, camping, picnicking, swimming, hiking, bicycling,
<br /> skateboarding or other nonmotorized wheel-based activities,
<br /> hanggliding, paragliding, the riding of horses or other animals,
<br /> clam digging, pleasure driving of off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, and
<br /> other vehicles, boating, nature study, winter or water sports, viewing
<br /> or enjoying historical, archaeological, scenic, or scientific sites,
<br /> without charging a fee of any kind therefor, shall not be liable for
<br /> unintentional injuries to such users.
<br /> (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section,
<br /> any public or private landowner or others in lawful possession and
<br /> control of any lands whether rural or urban, or water areas or channels
<br /> and lands adjacent to such areas or channels, who offeror allow such
<br /> land to be used for purposes of a fish or wildlife cooperative project,
<br /> or allow access to such land for cleanup of litter or other solid
<br /> waste, shall not be liable for unintentional injuries to any volunteer
<br /> group or to any other users.
<br /> (3) Any public or private landowner, or others in lawful possession
<br /> and control of the land, may charge an administrative fee of up to
<br /> twenty-five dollars for the cutting, gathering, and removing of
<br /> firewood from the land. Nothing in this section shall prevent the
<br /> liability of such a landowner or others in lawful possession and
<br /> control for injuries sustained to users by reason of a known dangerous
<br /> artificial latent condition for which warning signs have not been
<br /> conspicuously posted. Nothing in RCW 4.24.200 and 4.24.210 limits or
<br /> expands in any way-the doctrine of attractive nuisance. Usage by
<br /> members of the public, volunteer groups, or other users is permissive
<br /> and does not support any claim of adverse possession.
<br /> (4) For purposes of this section, a license or permit issued for
<br /> state-wide use under authority of chapter 43.51 RCW, Title 75, or Title
<br /> 77 RCW is not a fee.
<br /> Passed the Senate March 12, 1997.
<br /> Passed the House April 8, 1997.
<br /> Approved by the Governor April 15, 1997.
<br /> Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 15, 1997.
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