Recreational activities: skateboarding.

Existing law prohibits an operator of a skateboard park from permitting any person to ride a skateboard in the park unless that person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads. Existing law further describes how those requirements may be satisfied with respect to a recreational skateboard facility owned or operated by a local agency, as specified. Existing law also requires local public agencies to maintain a record of all known or reported injuries incurred by skateboarders in a public skateboard park or facility, and other information regarding these incidents, as specified, and requires that copies of those records be filed annually with the Judicial Council, which is required to submit a report to the Legislature by March 31, 2011, on these incidents, including claims arising therefrom. This bill would remove the requirement that any person riding a skateboard in the park must wear elbow pads and knee pads. This bill would also remove the requirement that local public agencies maintain and file records regarding skateboard injuries and delete the requirement that the Judicial Council submit a report to the Legislature on these incidents.