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H.B. 67

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PROTECTION OF SPORTS OFFICIALS FROM

             2     
VIOLENT ABUSE

             3     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

             5     
Sponsor: David L. Hogue

             6      This act modifies the Criminal Code by providing a specific criminal penalty for committing
             7      an assault against a sports official and provides related definitions.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      ENACTS:
             10          76-5-102.9, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 76-5-102.9 is enacted to read:
             13          76-5-102.9. Assault against a sports official.
             14          (1) As used in this section:
             15          (a) "Sports event" means:
             16          (i) any interscholastic or intramural athletic activity in a primary or middle school, junior
             17      high or high school, college, or university;
             18          (ii) any organized athletic activity sponsored by a community, business, or nonprofit
             19      organization;
             20          (iii) any athletic activity that is a professional or semiprofessional event; or
             21          (iv) any other organized and lawful athletic activity in the state.
             22          (b) "Sports official" means a person at a sports event who:
             23          (i) serves as a referee, umpire, linesperson, timekeeper, coach, or any person who serves
             24      in a similar capacity but who may be known by other titles, and is a member of or is registered with
             25      a local, state, regional, or national organization that is engaged in providing education and training
             26      for sports officiating; or
             27          (ii) supervises the participants, such as a coach, trainer, team attendant, game manager,


             28      athletic director, assistant athletic director, president, dean, headmaster, principal, or assistant
             29      principal of a school, college, or university.
             30          (2) Any person who assaults a sports official is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if:
             31          (a) h (i) h the assault is committed against a sports official immediately prior to, during, or
             31a      h IMMEDIATELY h after
             32      a sports event during which the victim is acting as a sports official;
             33           h [ (b) ] (ii) h the person knew or reasonably should have known that the victim was acting as a
             34      sports official; h [ and ] h
             35           h [ (c) ] (iii) h the assault is an act not subject to a greater penalty under another provision of
             35a      state law h [ . ] ; AND
             35b           ( iv) THE ASSAULT IS COMMITTED BY A PERSON WHO WAS ATTENDING, PARTICIPATING
             35c      IN, OR INVOLVED IN THE EVENT; OR
             35d          (b) THE ASSAULT IS COMMITTED IN RETALIATION FOR ANYTHING DONE BY THE SPORTS
             35e      OFFICIAL AS A PART OF HIS DUTIES. h




Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-20-00 7:23 AM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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