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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 708.2D ASSAULT AGAINST A SPORTS
1 2 OFFICIAL.
1 3 1. A person who commits an assault, as defined in section
1 4 708.1, against a sports official, within the confines or
1 5 immediate area of the athletic facility or field at which an
1 6 athletic contest is being or has recently been held in which
1 7 the sports official took an active officiating role, is guilty
1 8 of a serious misdemeanor.
1 9 2. For purposes of this section, a "sports official" means
1 10 any person who serves as a referee, umpire, linesman, or other
1 11 similar official at any athletic contest, and who is a
1 12 registered member of a local, state, regional, or national
1 13 organization which is engaged, in part, in providing education
1 14 and training related to officiating such athletic contests.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 This bill provides that a person who commits an assault
1 17 against a person who is officiating an athletic contest or
1 18 against a person who has officiated an athletic contest, where
1 19 the assault occurs within the confines or immediate vicinity
1 20 of the athletic facility or field where the athletic contest
1 21 is being or was held, is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
1 22 A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no
1 23 more than one year and a fine of at least $250 but not more
1 24 than $1,500.
1 25 LSB 2850HH 78
1 26 jm/jw/5
Text: HF00576 Text: HF00578 Text: HF00500 - HF00599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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