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Senate Study Bill 3116

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  730.6  BROADCASTING INDUSTRY
  1  2 NONCOMPETE CONTRACTS VOID.
  1  3    Any contract which establishes the terms of employment for
  1  4 an employee in the broadcasting industry, including television
  1  5 stations, television networks, radio stations, radio networks,
  1  6 or any affiliated entities, and which restricts the right of
  1  7 such employee to obtain employment in a specified geographic
  1  8 area for a specified period of time after termination of
  1  9 employment of the employee by the employer or by termination
  1 10 of the employment relationship by mutual agreement of the
  1 11 employer and the employee or by termination of the employment
  1 12 relationship by the expiration of the contract, shall be void
  1 13 and unenforceable with respect to such provision.  A person
  1 14 who attempts to enforce a contract provision in violation of
  1 15 this section shall be liable for reasonable attorney fees and
  1 16 costs associated with litigation of an affected employee to
  1 17 enforce the employee's rights under this section.  
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill provides that a contract limiting the right of an
  1 20 employee in the broadcasting industry to obtain other
  1 21 employment in a specific geographic area for a specified time
  1 22 after terminating employment under the contract is void.  The
  1 23 bill provides that a person attempting to enforce a void
  1 24 contract provision is liable to the affected employee for
  1 25 reasonable attorney fees and costs in any litigation to
  1 26 enforce the employee's rights under this new Code section.  
  1 27 LSB 5069SC 79
  1 28 ec/cls/14
     

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