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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to assault on a sports official; creating | ||
| 3 | s. 784.0815, F.S.; defining “sports official”; providing | ||
| 4 | an additional penalty for assault upon a sports official | ||
| 5 | under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 9 | Section 1. Section 784.0815, Florida Statutes, is created | ||
| 10 | to read: | ||
| 11 | 784.0815 Assault on sports official; definition; | ||
| 12 | additional penalty.-- | ||
| 13 | (1) For the purposes of this section, “sports official” | ||
| 14 | means any person who serves as a referee, an umpire, or a | ||
| 15 | linesman and any person who serves in a similar capacity as a | ||
| 16 | sports official who may be known by another title, which sports | ||
| 17 | official is duly registered or is a member of a local, state, | ||
| 18 | regional, or national organization that is engaged in part in | ||
| 19 | providing education and training to sports officials. | ||
| 20 | (2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any | ||
| 21 | person who physically assaults a sports official, at any level | ||
| 22 | of competition, within the immediate confines or immediate | ||
| 23 | vicinity of the athletic facility at which the athletic contest | ||
| 24 | in which the sports official is an active participant commits a | ||
| 25 | misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable by a fine of not | ||
| 26 | more than $10,000 and a term of imprisonment of not more than 3 | ||
| 27 | years. | ||
| 28 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2003. | ||