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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-7-137 (2020)

Soccer goal safety — Definition

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    1. As used in this section, “public recreation area” means an area that is used by members of the public for recreational activities.
    2. “Public recreation area” includes a privately owned or publicly owned:
      1. Park;
      2. Sports field;
      3. Auditorium;
      4. School playground; or
      5. Other school facility.
  2. A soccer goal in a public recreation area shall be anchored according to the Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety promulgated by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as in effect on February 1, 2011, or the guidelines adopted by the Department of Health.
  3. The department shall develop and adopt guidelines for soccer goal safety as provided under this section.

History. Acts 2011, No. 772, § 2.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 2011, No. 772, § 1, provided:

“The General Assembly finds that:

“(1) On January 26, 2011, a tragic incident occurred when Jonathan Brian Nelson, who was nine (9) years of age, died of injuries sustained when an unanchored soccer goal fell on his head at Elm Tree Elementary School in Bentonville;

“(2) There are approximately five hundred thousand (500,000) soccer goals in the United States, and many of these soccer goals are unsafe because they are improperly designed, manufactured, or installed;

“(3) Problems arise with instability of movable soccer goals when they are unanchored, not properly anchored, or not properly counterbalanced;

“(4) Unstable soccer goals pose an unnecessary risk of tip-over to children who climb on the goals or nets or hang from the crossbar and can cause catastrophic injury to persons around the soccer goal;

“(5) There were at least nine (9) children under the age of sixteen (16) killed in accidents involving movable soccer goals between 1998 and mid-2010 and two thousand (2,000) serious injuries during this same period, according to the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission; and

“(6) This act is necessary to ensure the safety of children around soccer goals at schools and other recreational areas in the state.”

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Hutchinson v. United States, No. 4:19-cv-00749 (E.D. Ark. Mar. 30, 2022).
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Hutchinson v. United States, No. 4:19-cv-00749 (E.D. Ark. Mar. 30, 2022). · cites it 2× “Ark Code Ann. § 20-7-137. The Arkansas Soccer Goal Safety statute requires that soccer goals located in public recreation areas be anchored according to the Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety.”
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