01-12-2010, 07:15 PM
I'll take my best stab at it.
$1 per year language: Only applies to the level of care a landowner owes someone using his land. If the landowner charges money and invites people on, he has a much higher duty to make the premises safe for those people invited/paying to use the land. What that is basically saying is if you don't charge a fee to use your land, but people are using it, you don't have any raised duty of care. Doesn't really apply to anything from an angler aspect, just a protection in place for landowners not to be sued if you slip and fall while fishing in the river over their property.
Access: This bill isn't about access per se. You can only enter and exit a river on public property, or with permission from the landowner of private property. That isn't changed, and won't change. And it shouldn't change. People shouldn't have free reign of a landowner's entire property to access a river. You must still access the river initially, and exit the river from public property or a public right of way.
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$1 per year language: Only applies to the level of care a landowner owes someone using his land. If the landowner charges money and invites people on, he has a much higher duty to make the premises safe for those people invited/paying to use the land. What that is basically saying is if you don't charge a fee to use your land, but people are using it, you don't have any raised duty of care. Doesn't really apply to anything from an angler aspect, just a protection in place for landowners not to be sued if you slip and fall while fishing in the river over their property.
Access: This bill isn't about access per se. You can only enter and exit a river on public property, or with permission from the landowner of private property. That isn't changed, and won't change. And it shouldn't change. People shouldn't have free reign of a landowner's entire property to access a river. You must still access the river initially, and exit the river from public property or a public right of way.
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