Relating to the liability of a motorized off-road vehicle entity for injuries arising from certain activities.

Off-road businesses gain protection from injury claims

The law shields covered off-road businesses from participant injury claims when they post and maintain the required entrance warning sign. The sign must be clearly visible. Covered businesses own, operate, or lease commercial off-road areas, or sponsor, sanction, endorse, or officiate activities there. Coverage includes recreational and educational activities using engine-powered or electric vehicles with two to four wheels, weighing 8,000 pounds or less. These vehicles must be designed for unpaved roads or surfaces. Employees are not participants. Spectators count only when they enter unauthorized areas or place themselves immediately near the activity. Protection does not cover injuries caused by gross negligence, intentional safety misconduct, or negligence involving vehicles or equipment the business provides. It also excludes injuries caused by known or reasonably knowable dangerous conditions that are not inherent to driving there. Other exceptions cover an actively involved employee's failure to train or improper training, and injuries the business intentionally causes. The liability limit applies to claims arising on or after the law's effective date; the source gives no date. Separately, people injured in covered areas cannot base claims on the legal rule called attractive nuisance.