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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="5-804" title_number="5" title_name="Limitations, Prohibited Actions, and Immunities" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Immunities and Prohibited Actions -- Miscellaneous">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Cave” has the meaning stated in § 5-1401 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Commercial cave” has the meaning stated in § 5-1401 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Owner” has the meaning stated in § 5-1401 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Person” has the meaning stated in § 5-1401 of the Natural Resources Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An owner of a cave or the owner’s authorized agents acting within the scope of their authority are not liable for injuries sustained by any person using the cave for a recreational or scientific purpose if the prior consent of the owner has been obtained and if no charge has been made for the use of the cave.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An owner of a commercial cave is not liable for an injury sustained by a spectator who has paid to view the cave unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The injury is sustained as a result of the owner’s negligence in connection with the providing and maintaining of trails, stairs, electrical wires, or other modifications; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The negligence is the proximate cause of the injury.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
