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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain requirements of sports officials by the |
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University Interscholastic League. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.085 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.085. CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS BY INTERSCHOLASTIC |
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LEAGUES INVOLVING SPORTS OFFICIALS. (a) In this section, "sports |
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official": |
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(1) means a person who officiates, judges, or in any |
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manner enforces contest rules in any official capacity with respect |
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to an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or other organized amateur |
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or professional athletic competition; and |
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(2) includes a referee, umpire, linesman, side judge, |
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track or field marshal, timekeeper, down marker, or scorekeeper or |
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any other person involved in supervising competitive play. |
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(b) CRIMINAL BACKGROUND VERIFICATION REQUIRED. The |
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University Interscholastic League may refuse to certify a person as |
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a sports official or may suspend or revoke the certification of any |
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sports official if the person has been convicted of a felony or |
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misdemeanor including: |
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(1) an offense involving moral turpitude; |
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(2) an offense involving a form of sexual or physical |
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abuse of a minor or student or other illegal conduct in which the |
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victim is a minor or student; |
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(3) a felony offense involving the possession, |
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transfer, sale, or distribution of or conspiracy to possess, |
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transfer, sell, or distribute a controlled substance, as defined by |
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Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C. Section 801 et |
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seq.; |
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(4) an offense involving the illegal transfer, |
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appropriation, or use of school district funds or other district |
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property; or |
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(5) an offense involving an attempt by fraudulent or |
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unauthorized means to obtain or alter a professional certificate or |
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license issued under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |