South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 3621

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter 

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3621
Type of Legislation:               General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970311
Primary Sponsor:                   Harvin 
All Sponsors:                      Harvin 
Drafted Document Number:           pt\2944jm.97
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                           Sports officials, umpires,
                                   referees, linesmen; offense to
                                   physically assault; Athletics,
                                   Crimes and Offenses
History


Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________
House   19970311  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
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A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 7, TITLE 52, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO AMUSEMENTS AND ATHLETIC CONTESTS AND STATE AND COUNTY ATHLETIC COMMISSIONS, BY ADDING ARTICLE 7 SO AS TO MAKE IT A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE TO PHYSICALLY ASSAULT A SPORTS OFFICIAL AT ANY LEVEL OF COMPETITION WITHIN THE CONFINES OR IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE ATHLETIC FACILITY AT WHICH THE ATHLETIC CONTEST, IN WHICH THE SPORTS OFFICIAL WAS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT, IS HELD, AND PROVIDE PENALTIES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 7, Title 52 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 7

Physical Assault of Sports Officials; Penalties

Section 52-7-710. Any person who physically assaults any sports official at any level of competition, within the confines or immediate vicinity of the athletic facility at which the athletic contest, in which the sports official was an active participant, is held, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished by a fine of ten thousand dollars or imprisonment not to exceed three years, or both.

Section 52-7-720. For purposes of this article, sports officials are defined as those individuals who serve as referees, umpires, and linesmen, and those who serve in similar capacities but who may be known by other titles, and are duly registered as members of a local, state, regional, or national organization which is engaged in part in providing education and training to sports officials."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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