H 3188 Session 119 (2011-2012)
H 3188 General Bill, By Cobb-Hunter, H.B. Brown, Harrison and Bingham
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 59-102-140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
RELATING TO PROHIBITED ACTS OF ATHLETE AGENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN
ATHLETE AGENT OR A PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH HIM OR ACTING ON HIS BEHALF,
INCLUDING RUNNERS, SCOUTS, ADVISORS, AND COACHES, MAY NOT KNOWINGLY DO
ANYTHING WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF THE INSTITUTION THE STUDENT
ATHLETE ATTENDS OR THE RULES OF THE SANCTIONING BODY OF THE SPORT PARTICIPATED
IN BY THE STUDENT ATHLETE WHICH WOULD OR MAY MAKE HIM INELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN THAT SPORT.
12/14/10 House Prefiled
12/14/10 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works
01/11/11 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 76)
01/11/11 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public
Works (House Journal-page 76)
H. 3188
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 59-102-140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PROHIBITED ACTS OF ATHLETE AGENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ATHLETE AGENT OR A PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH HIM OR ACTING ON HIS BEHALF, INCLUDING RUNNERS, SCOUTS, ADVISORS, AND COACHES, MAY NOT KNOWINGLY DO ANYTHING WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF THE INSTITUTION THE STUDENT ATHLETE ATTENDS OR THE RULES OF THE SANCTIONING BODY OF THE SPORT PARTICIPATED IN BY THE STUDENT ATHLETE WHICH WOULD OR MAY MAKE HIM INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN THAT SPORT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-102-140 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 300 of 2004, is amended by adding:
"(C) An athlete agent or a person associated with him or acting on his behalf, including runners, scouts, advisors, and coaches, may not knowingly do anything which is a violation of the rules of the institution the student athlete attends or the rules of the sanctioning body of the sport participated in by the student athlete which would or may make him ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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