SB531 H JUD AM #1
WRV 3133
The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the committee substitute for committee substitute by striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
(a) If any person, other than an athletic official or participant, commits an assault as defined in subsection (b), section nine of this article §61-2-9(b) of this code, to the person of an athletic official or participant during the time the official is acting as an athletic official or participant, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $500, or and confined in jail not less than five days nor more than six months, or both fined and confined.
(b) If any person, other than an athletic official or participant, commits a battery, as defined in subsection (c), section nine of this article §61-2-9(c) of this code, against an athletic official or participant during the time the official is acting as an athletic official or participant, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500, nor more than $1,000, or and confined in jail not less than 10 days nor more than twelve months, or both fined and confined.
(c) For the purpose of this section, "athletic official or participant " means a player on a sports team, person at a sports event who enforces the rules of that event, such as including, but not limited to, an umpire or referee, or a person who supervises the participants, such as including, but not limited to, a coach, assistant coach, or any other official team members during the course of a game or related event.
(d)(1) In addition to the criminal penalties set forth in this section, a county board of education or a governing board for a state institution of higher education may provide written notification to any person convicted of an offense under subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section that he or she is banned from all state school sports events or school-sponsored sports events as a result of the conviction for a minimum of 365 days.
(2) Any person receiving the written notification set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection who refuses to leave the premises of any state school sports event or school-sponsored sports event upon request shall be subject to prosecution pursuant to the provisions of §61-3B-1 et seq. of this code.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating immunities from criminal liability for the commission of any other criminal act or acts in violation of any provision of this code.”
Adopted
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