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ACT No. 815
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 227
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENRY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:34.4, relative to battery of a school or recreation athletic2
contest official; to provide definitions and penalties; to amend the penalties for the3
crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official; to require4
participation by the offender in community service and a counseling program; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 14:34.4 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง34.4. Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official9
A.(1) Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official is a battery10
committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable11
grounds to believe the victim is a school athletic or recreation contest official12
actively engaged in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a school13
sanctioned interscholastic athletic contest or a sanctioned recreation athletic contest.14
(2) For purposes of this Section, "school athletic contest official" means any15
referee, umpire, coach, instructor, administrator, staff person, or school or school16
board employee of any public or private elementary and secondary school while17
actively engaged in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a school18
sanctioned interscholastic athletic contest.19
(3) For purposes of this Section, "recreation athletic contest official" means20
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employee of any public or quasi public recreation program while actively engaged1
in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a sanctioned recreation2
athletic contest.3
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic4
contest official shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars and not more than5
five hundred thousand dollars and imprisoned not less than forty-eight hours five6
days nor more than six months without benefit of suspension of sentence except as7
provided in Paragraph (2).8
(2) Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic9
contest official which results in serious bodily injury to the victim as defined in R.S.10
14:34.1(B)(3) shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars and not more than11
five thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six12
months.13
(2)(3)(a) The court, in its discretion, may suspend the imposition of the14
sentence and place the offender on probation with the condition that he In addition15
to any other penalty imposed, the court shall order the offender to perform five days16
forty hours of court-approved community service work.17
(b) In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court shall order the18
offender to participate in a court-approved counseling program which may include19
anger management, abusive behavior intervention groups, or any other type of20
counseling deemed appropriate by the court. Any costs associated with the21
counseling program shall be borne by the offender.22
(c) Participation in the community service and counseling program required23
by the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph shall not be24
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(d) Failure to successfully complete the community service work and1
counseling program, as determined by the supervisor of the program to which he is2
assigned, may result in revocation of probation.3
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: