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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Larranaga		DATE TYPED:	1/29/02		HB	112
SHORT TITLE:		Sport Shooting Range Act				SB
					ANALYST:		Joey F. Sandoval

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY02	FY03	FY02	FY03
	NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC files

Responses Received From

Department of Public Safety

No Response

The Department of Finance and Administration

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 112 establishes the “Sport Shooting Range Act” to provide standards of immunity from nuisance actions based on noise or noise pollution. The act would ”grandfather” all existing shooting ranges. The act also provides for local government regulation of location and construction of sport shooting ranges after July 2002. The language releases the owner of a shooting range from nuisance actions by persons affected by the operation of the range.

Significant Issues

· The grant of immunity to these shooting ranges from nuisance actions based on noise or noise pollution brought by property owners who acquire property after the shooting range has been in existence.

· The provisions of the Sport Shooting Range Act do not apply if the operation or use of a sport shooting range adversely affects public health or public safety.

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