Nothing in §§ 20-9-47 to 20-9-51, inclusive, prevents or limits the liability of a fishing tournament sponsor, a fishing professional, or any other person if the fishing tournament sponsor, fishing professional, or other person:

(1) Provides the equipment, boat, or watercraft, and knew or should have known that the equipment, boat, or watercraft was faulty, and the equipment, boat, or watercraft was faulty to the extent that it causes the injury; or provides the equipment, boat, or watercraft and fails to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the proper operating licensure and ability of the participant to engage safely in the fishing tournament and determine the ability of the participant to safely manage the equipment, boat, or watercraft based on the participant’s representations of the participant’s ability;

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(2) Owns, leases, rents, or otherwise is in lawful possession and control of the land or facilities upon which the participant sustains any injury because of a dangerous latent condition that was known to the fishing tournament sponsor, fishing professional, or person and for which warning signs had not been conspicuously posted;

(3) Commits an act or omission that constitutes willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the participant and that causes the injury; or

(4) Intentionally injures the participant.

Source: SL 2016, ch 115, § 3.