HB4999 H COURTS AM #1

WRV 3133

The Subcommittee on Courts moved to amend the bill by striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.

§61-2-15a. Assault, battery on athletic officials or participants; penalties.

(a) If any person 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 confined in jail not more than six months. or both fined and confined.

(b) If any person 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 confined in jail not more than twelve months one year, 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, school administrator, 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) Participants who are players on a sports team in the game are exempt from prosecution under this section for acts, including, but limited to, hard fouls, committed during the sporting event, provided such acts are within the scope of the rules or nature of the sport.”

Adopted

Rejected