Senate Bill sb2064

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2064

    By Senator King





    8-1229A-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to postsecondary athletics;

  3         providing that it is a third-degree felony for

  4         a person to solicit or accept any thing of

  5         value from an employee or representative of a

  6         public postsecondary educational institution

  7         for the purpose of encouraging a student to

  8         enroll in such institution in order to compete

  9         in intercollegiate athletic events; providing

10         that the act does not prohibit actions

11         otherwise permitted by a rule or regulation

12         governing the recruitment of athletes by

13         postsecondary educational institutions;

14         providing an effective date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  Remuneration from employee or

19  representative of educational institution for encouraging a

20  student to enroll to compete in athletic events prohibited;

21  penalty.--

22         (1)  A person may not solicit or accept remuneration or

23  any other thing of value from an employee or representative of

24  a public postsecondary educational institution for the purpose

25  of encouraging a student to enroll in such educational

26  institution in order to compete in intercollegiate athletic

27  events.

28         (2)  A person who violates subsection (1) commits a

29  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in section

30  775.082, section 775.083, or section 775.084, Florida

31  Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2064
    8-1229A-05




 1         (3)  The provisions of this section do not apply to the

 2  offer of a scholarship, the provision of an item, or the

 3  compensation for an expense which is specifically permitted

 4  under a rule or regulation governing the recruitment of

 5  athletes by postsecondary educational institutions unless the

 6  rule or regulation is in violation of any law of this state or

 7  any federal law.

 8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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12    Provides that soliciting or accepting any thing of value
      from an employee or representative of a public
13    postsecondary educational institution for the purpose of
      encouraging a student to enroll in such institution in
14    order to compete in intercollegiate athletic events is a
      third-degree felony.
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