Minnesota Session Laws - 1997, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 204-S.F.No. 1833 
                  An act relating to counties; providing that issuance 
                  of a certain permit does not make a county liable for 
                  certain injuries; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
                  section 86B.121. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86B.121, is 
        amended to read: 
           86B.121 [RACES, COMPETITIONS, AND EXHIBITIONS.] 
           (a) A person may not hold or sponsor any scheduled or 
        public race, regatta, tournament or other competition or 
        exhibition, or trial race on water or ice, whether or not 
        involving watercraft, without first having obtained a written 
        permit from the sheriff of the county where the event is to 
        originate.  
           (b) The sheriff, in the permit, may exempt watercraft from 
        any of the provisions of this chapter relating to the licensing, 
        operation, and equipment of watercraft while participating in 
        the event authorized.  
           (c) The county's issuance of a permit under this section 
        does not make the county liable for any injury occurring at the 
        event. 
           Presented to the governor May 20, 1997 
           Signed by the governor May 22, 1997, 12:00 p.m.