83R7501 PAM-F
By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 1775
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the University Interscholastic League
regarding activities involving sports officials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.085 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.085. AUTHORITY OF UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC
LEAGUE REGARDING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SPORTS OFFICIALS. (a) In
this section, "sports official":
(1) means a person who officiates, judges, or in any
manner enforces contest rules in any official capacity with respect
to an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or other organized amateur
or professional athletic competition; and
(2) includes a referee, umpire, linesman, side judge,
track or field marshal, timekeeper, down marker, or scorekeeper or
any other person similarly involved in supervising competitive
play.
(b) The University Interscholastic League may not register,
charge fees to, or require membership in or attempt to register,
charge fees to, or require membership in any sponsoring
organization of sports officials as a precondition for a sports
official to contract with a school district or open-enrollment
charter school.
(c) The University Interscholastic League may not sponsor
or organize or attempt to sponsor or organize any organization of
sports officials.
(d) The University Interscholastic League may not influence
or attempt to influence the selection of a sports official by a
school district or open-enrollment charter school.
(e) The University Interscholastic League may set rates or
fee schedules payable by a school district or open-enrollment
charter school to a sports official.
(f) Before the University Interscholastic League takes any
action that relates to the activities of a sports official, the
league must submit the proposed action to the interscholastic
league advisory council for review and comment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.