85R518 GCB-F
By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 1075
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the frequency of criminal background checks for sports
officials registered with the University Interscholastic League;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.085, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (b), (c), and (e), and adding Subsection (c-1)
to read as follows:
(b) The league may require a sports official, as a condition
of eligibility to officiate a contest sponsored by the league, to:
(1) be registered with the league and comply with the
registration requirements of Subsections [Subsection] (c) and
(c-1);
(2) have completed initial and continuing education
programs regarding league rules;
(3) be a member in good standing of a local chapter or
association of sports officials recognized by the league for that
purpose; and
(4) agree to abide by league rules, including fee
schedules and travel reimbursement guidelines for payment by school
districts or open-enrollment charter schools to a sports official.
(c) In registering with the league, a sports official must
be required to provide directory information required by the league
and submit to an initial [a] criminal background check.
(c-1) To maintain registration with the league, a sports
official must be required to submit to a subsequent criminal
background check once every three years following the initial
criminal background check under Subsection (c).
(e) The league may charge and collect a registration fee
only to defray the cost of registering sports officials under
Subsection (c). The league may charge and collect a criminal
background check fee only to defray the cost of administering
Subsection (c-1). The league [and] shall post the amount of the
applicable fees [the fee] on the league's Internet website and make
the information available at other places the league determines
appropriate. The amount of each [the] fee may not exceed the
amount reasonably determined by the league to be necessary to cover
the cost, as applicable, of administering registration under
Subsection (c) or administering Subsection (c-1).
SECTION 2. (a) Section 33.085, Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to each sports official authorized to
officiate a contest sponsored by the University Interscholastic
League, regardless of whether an official initially registered with
the league under that section before the effective date of this Act.
(b) The University Interscholastic League shall ensure that
each sports official registered under Section 33.085, Education
Code, before the effective date of this Act submits to a subsequent
criminal background check not later than September 1, 2020.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.