2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                            A AB253 528

Amendment No. 528

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 253                                                                (BDR 34‑992)

Proposed by: Committee on Education

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:               Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of AB253 (§§ 16, 17, 19, 21).

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend the bill as a whole by adding a new section designated sec. 24.5, following sec. 24, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 24.5. 1.  A person, other than an athlete’s agent or student athlete, who causes a student athlete or an institution to violate a rule of the national collegiate athletic association to which the institution is a member, or aids in any such violation, is liable to the institution for damages as provided in subsection 2 if:

     (a) The person knew or reasonably should have known that a rule was violated or would be violated; or

     (b) The violation of the rule is a contributing cause of:

          (1) Disciplinary action, including loss of eligibility, taken by the institution against a student athlete; or

          (2) Disciplinary action taken by the national collegiate athletic association against the institution or a student athlete.

     2.  Damages that may be awarded against a person who causes a violation of a rule of a national collegiate athletic association, or aids in any such violation, include lost revenues to the institution from:

     (a) Lost contracts for televising athletic events;

     (b) A decline in ticket sales;

     (c) Being prohibited from participating in postseason athletic events and tournaments; and

     (d) Other discernible opportunities through which the institution would have realized revenue if the rule had not been violated.

     3.  If an institution prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section, it is entitled to an award of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.”.