Amend CSSB 1811 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. FISCAL MATTERS REGARDING UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS OFFICIALS
SECTION ____.01. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.085 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.085. REGISTRATION AS SPORTS OFFICIALS; PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. (a) In this section, "sports official" means a person who officiates, judges, or in any manner enforces contest rules in any official capacity for interscholastic athletic competition. The term includes a referee, umpire, linesman, side judge, and back judge.
(b) An interscholastic league may refuse to register a person as a sports official for interscholastic athletic competition sponsored or sanctioned by the league or may suspend or revoke the registration of a person as a sports official for interscholastic athletic competition sponsored or sanctioned by the league if the person has been convicted of:
(1) an offense involving moral turpitude;
(2) an offense involving a form of sexual or physical abuse of a minor or student or other illegal conduct in which the victim is a minor or student;
(3) a felony offense involving the possession, transfer, sale, or distribution of or conspiracy to possess, transfer, sell, or distribute a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.;
(4) an offense involving the illegal transfer, appropriation, or use of school district funds or other district property; or
(5) an offense involving an attempt by fraudulent or unauthorized means to obtain or alter registration to serve as a sports official for interscholastic athletic competition.
(c) An interscholastic league shall impose a fee for any costs incurred by the league in conducting a criminal background check for purposes of this section.