ACM H.B. 369 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE H.B. 369 By: Kubiak 5-1-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Today, many collegiate athletes are being approached by sports agents to leave college and enter professional sports before they graduate. The absence of these premiere athletes could have a detrimental effect on the world of college sports. NCAA regulations do not allow sports agents to contact student athletes. Simply reading the daily newspaper shows us that these regulations do not stop the sports agents from approaching the athletes. Increasing the penalties would help to deter sports agents from approaching college athletes, and as a result, help keep the student athletes in school, instead of leaving early and turning professional. PURPOSE HB 369, as proposed, would increase the penalties, upon second conviction, for sports agents who illegally contact college athletes. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 8(c), Chapter 13, Article 8871, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, by increasing the penalty, for repeat offenders, to a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $250,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. SECTION 2. Amends Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, to provide that when a judge grants community supervision to a defendant, who has been proven to be a repeat offender, that defendant shall spend at least 30 days confinement in jail. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 4. Effective Date: September 1, 1997. SECTION 5. Emergency clause.