HF 2039 (LSB 5464YH (3) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2039

BY  INGELS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to certain athletic competitions between institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  262.101  National collegiate athletic association competitions between regents institutions.
   1.  An institution of higher education under the board’s control that participates in intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the national collegiate athletic association shall schedule to compete against each other institution of higher education under the board’s control that participates in intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the national collegiate athletic association at least one time each year in each sport that the national collegiate athletic association sanctions and that both institutions of higher education participate.
   2.  In making schedules or making contractual obligations that affect schedules for athletics sanctioned by the national collegiate athletic association, the institutions of higher education under the board’s control shall prioritize competitions against private in-state colleges and universities over competitions against out-of-state colleges and universities when both the institution of higher education under the board’s control and in-state college or university compete in the same national collegiate athletic association division.
   3.  If an institution of higher education under the board’s control is scheduled to compete against another institution of higher education under the board’s control that is not in the same national collegiate athletic association division or subdivision, the competition shall take place at the athletic facility of the institution of higher education under the board’s control considered to be in the higher division or subdivision.
    Sec. 2.  IMPLEMENTATION.  An institution of higher education is not required to comply with the requirements of this Act to the extent that doing so would cause the institution to breach a contractual obligation that the institution entered into prior to the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, a contract renewed on or after the effective date of this Act is considered to be a new contract as of the renewal date.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to certain athletic competitions between regents institutions.
   The bill requires an institution that participates in intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the national collegiate athletics association (NCAA) to schedule games against each other institution of higher education under the board’s control that participates in intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the NCAA at least one time each year in each sport the NCAA sanctions and that both institutions participate.
   The bill requires an institution to prioritize competitions against private in-state colleges and universities over competitions against out-of-state colleges and universities when making schedules or making contractual obligations that affect schedules for the institution’s NCAA athletics if both the institution and in-state college or university compete in the same NCAA division.
   The bill requires, when competing institutions are not in the same NCAA division or subdivision, that the competition take place at the athletic facility of the institution considered to be in the higher division or subdivision.
   The bill does not require an institution of higher education to comply with the requirements of the bill to the extent that doing so would cause the institution to breach a contractual obligation that the institution entered into prior to the effective date of the bill. For purposes of the bill, a contract renewed on or after the effective date of the bill is considered to be a new contract as of the renewal date.