Senate File 366 - Introduced SENATE FILE 366 BY FEENSTRA A BILL FOR An Act relating to contracts licensing the television media 1 rights for the Iowa high school athletic association’s state 2 championships and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2428XS (5) 87 kh/jh
S.F. 366 Section 1. Section 280.13B, Code 2017, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 280.13B Recording and broadcast fees restricted —— 3 simulcasts on public television . 4 1. The Iowa high school athletic association or its 5 successor organization, and the Iowa girls high school athletic 6 union or its successor organization, shall not assess a 7 charge for the retransmission of an audio-visual recording 8 of a high school athletic tournament contest or event if the 9 retransmission does not occur earlier than twenty-four hours 10 after the starting time of the live athletic contest or event. 11 2. Any contract licensing the television media rights for 12 the Iowa high school athletic association’s state football, 13 wrestling, and basketball championships shall authorize the 14 public broadcasting division of the department of education, 15 at the division’s discretion, to simulcast the television 16 broadcast statewide. 17 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to contracts 18 entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. The 19 parties to a contract executed prior to the effective date of 20 this Act shall make every reasonable effort to comply with the 21 Act within the terms of the contract. 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill requires that any contract entered into on or 26 after the effective date of the bill licensing the television 27 media rights for the Iowa high school athletic association’s 28 state football, wrestling, and basketball championships shall 29 authorize the public broadcasting division of the department 30 of education, at the division’s discretion, to simulcast the 31 broadcast statewide. Parties to a contract executed prior 32 to the effective date must make every reasonable effort to 33 comply with the provisions of the bill within the terms of the 34 contract. 35 -1- LSB 2428XS (5) 87 kh/jh 1/ 1