Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1138
       
       
        
       By Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       
       2-00640-14                                            20141138__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the civil liability of farmers;
    3         amending s. 768.137, F.S.; expanding an existing
    4         exemption from civil liability for farmers who
    5         gratuitously allow a person to enter upon their land
    6         for the purpose of removing farm produce or crops left
    7         in the field after harvesting to include farmers who
    8         gratuitously allow a person to enter upon their land
    9         to remove any farm produce or crops; providing an
   10         effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 768.137, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         768.137 Definition; limitation of civil liability for
   17  certain farmers; exception.—
   18         (2) A Any farmer who gratuitously allows a person persons
   19  to enter upon the farmer’s her or his own land for the purpose
   20  of removing any farm produce or crops is remaining in the fields
   21  following the harvesting thereof, shall be exempt from civil
   22  liability:
   23         (a) Arising out of any injury or the death of such person
   24  due to resulting from the nature or condition of the such land;
   25  or
   26         (b) Arising out of any injury or death due to the nature,
   27  age, or condition of the any such farm produce or crops removed
   28  by such person crop.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.