N.Y. Labor Law § 867: Safety in skiing code

§ 867. Safety in skiing code. 1. The commissioner, on the advice of

the passenger tramway advisory council as created pursuant to section

twelve-c of this chapter, shall promulgate rules and regulations,

consistent with article eighteen of the general obligations law,

intended to guard against personal injuries to downhill skiers which

will, in view of such intent, define the duties and responsibilities of

downhill skiers and the duties and responsibilities of ski area

operators.

2. The commissioner shall enforce all the provisions of this article

and the regulations adopted pursuant hereto and may issue such orders

against any entity, public or private, as he finds necessary, directing

compliance with any provision of this article or such regulations. The

commissioner may also investigate any fatality or injury resulting in a

fatality at a ski area.

3. The passenger tramway advisory council shall conduct any

investigation necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

4. The passenger tramway advisory council shall conduct public

hearings on any rules and regulations proposed under this section prior

to their promulgation by the commissioner. The passenger tramway

advisory council shall fix a time and place for each such hearing and

cause such notice as it may deem appropriate to be given to the public

and news media prior to such a hearing. Testimony may be taken and

evidence received at such a hearing pursuant to procedures prescribed by

the passenger tramway advisory council.

5. Upon advice of the passenger tramway advisory council, the

commission shall, on the fifteenth day of March, nineteen hundred

eighty-nine, promulgate rules which shall set forth specifications for

the uniform textual and graphic content, physical description, and

conspicuous posting of a "Warning to Skiers" regarding the risks

inherent in the sport as set forth in section 18-101 of the general

obligations law, which shall be posted and provided to skiers by ski

areas operators in accordance with subdivision one of section 18-106 of

the general obligations law, and shall promulgate rules which shall set

forth textual and graphic specifications designed to occupy not more

than twenty-five percent of the imprintable surface area of the face

side nor more than eighty percent of the imprintable surface area of the

reverse side or backing paper of all lift tickets sold or distributed in

the state, as defined by section 18-102 of the general obligations law,

which shall uniformly serve to direct the attention of all skiers to the

"Warning to Skiers" herein directed to be promulgated and required by

section 18-106 of the general obligations law.