1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to counties; providing that issuance of a 
  1.3             certain permit does not make a county liable for 
  1.4             certain injuries; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.5             section 86B.121. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86B.121, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      86B.121 [RACES, COMPETITIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS.] 
  1.10     (a) A person may not hold or sponsor any scheduled or 
  1.11  public race, regatta, tournament or other competition or 
  1.12  exhibition, or trial race on water or ice, whether or not 
  1.13  involving watercraft, without first having obtained a written 
  1.14  permit from the sheriff of the county where the event is to 
  1.15  originate.  
  1.16     (b) The sheriff, in the permit, may exempt watercraft from 
  1.17  any of the provisions of this chapter relating to the licensing, 
  1.18  operation, and equipment of watercraft while participating in 
  1.19  the event authorized.  
  1.20     (c) The county's issuance of a permit under this section 
  1.21  does not make the county liable for any injury occurring at the 
  1.22  event.