H 3621 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H 3621 General Bill, By Harvin
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.
03/11/97 House Introduced and read first time HJ-5
03/11/97 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-5
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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