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2006 SESSION
HB 243 Sports official; battery against, penalty.
Introduced by: Stephen C. Shannon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Battery against a sports official; penalty. Provides that if any person commits a battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such other person is a sports official engaged in the performance of his duties as such, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and the sentence of such person upon conviction shall include a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000. A "sports official" is defined as a coach, umpire, referee, line judge or other person employed or volunteering in a similar capacity during a sporting event.
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HISTORY
- 01/04/06 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 061671502
- 01/04/06 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/06 House: Assigned to Courts of Justice sub-committee: Criminal Law
- 02/15/06 House: Left in Courts of Justice