Georgia Code
Chapter 12 - Injuries From Equine, Livestock, or Llama Activities
§ 4-12-3. Immunity From Liability for Injury or Death; Exceptions

History. Code 1981, § 4-12-3 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 680, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 335, § 3; Ga. L. 2017, p. 134, § 1/HB 50; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 4/SB 365.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, inserted “a livestock activity sponsor, a livestock professional, an owner of a livestock facility,” near the beginning and end of subsection (a), and near the beginning of subsections (b) and (c); in subsection (a), substituted “animal activities” for “equine activities or from the inherent risks of llama activities” near the middle, and substituted “animal activities during the course of any equine activity, livestock activity, or llama activity” for “equine activities or resulting from any of the inherent risks of llama activities” at the end; inserted “livestock activity sponsor, livestock professional, owner of the livestock facility,” near the end of subsection (b) and paragraph (b)(2); in subparagraph (b)(1)(A), substituted “equipment or tack for the activity” for “the equipment or tack” near the beginning, substituted “caused” for “did cause” near the end, and substituted a semicolon for a period at the end; in subparagraph (b)(1)(B), deleted “equine activity or llama” following “engage safely in the” in the middle, and added “or” at the end; added subparagraph (b)(1)(C); and added subsection (d). See Editor’s notes for applicability.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised capitalization in subsection (d).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2017, p. 134, § 2/HB 50, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment of this Code section by that Act shall not apply to any cause of action arising prior to July 1, 2017.
Law reviews.
For annual survey of tort law, see 57 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2005).

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