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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Friday, Feb. 28, 1986
Bill calls for inspections, permits for park rides
By Abbie Jones
Staff writer
TOPEKA — Thrill seekers who flock to amusement parks need the protection of a Kansas Senate bill drafted to improve the safety of rides, the author of the bill said yesterday.
State Sen. Eugene Anderson, D-Wichita, said the bill would require the secretary of human resources to issue permits and to inspect all amusement rides at least once a year before they can be operated.
'The intent of the bill is to try to ensure the safety of the public, who spend $2 million a year supporting this industry," Anderson said.
In the last 13 years, about 90 people have died from amusement ride accidents across the country, he said.
The bill also would establish a seven-member advisory committee which would consist of amusement ride manufacturers and owners, a representative of insurance underwriters, a professional engineer and members of the public. Anderson said the committee would work with
the secretary to establish park policies.
A hearing on the bill is scheduled for Tuesday.
Jerry Boyles, owner of Joyland Amusement Park in Topeka, said he supported the safety that the bill promoted but said it might be added bureauracry.
"Naturally we are interested in safety, safety is our business." Boyles said. "Any bad publicity from people being hurt on rides hurts business."
But he also said the bill might be
unnecessary because companies that insure the amusement parks in Kansas made satisfactory inspections at least once during the season.
No one has died at Joyland in the 33 years the park has operated, Boyles said.
One woman had caught her hair on a go-cart and another caught her hair in the Ferris wheel in the 1970s, but recently the worst accident was a woman who broke her leg after slipping on the sidewalk.
"There are not any ride safety laws, probably because it's been
pretty well regulated," Boyles said.
Another provision of the bill requires any operator of a ride to obtain $100,000 of liability insurance, a bond of the same amount or another
security approved by the advisory board. Anyone who fails to meet any of the bill's requirements is liable for no more than a $1,000 fine.
Boyles said Joyland carried $1 million of liability insurance.
On the Record
A television set and telephone, valued together at $430, were stolen between 2 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. Wednesday from a Jayhawker Towers apartment, KU police said.
A press, office equipment, offset camera and other printing supplies, valued together at $8,300, were stolen Tuesday from a business in the 1100 block of East 21st Street, police said.
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