PRINTER'S NO. 253
No. 227 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY OLASZ, B. D. CLARK, DeWEESE, TRELLO, CAPPABIANCA,
VEON, MICHLOVIC, COLAFELLA, BURD, PHILLIPS, FOX, NOYE, TIGUE,
PERZEL, VAN HORNE, TRELLO, MICOZZIE, FEE, MILLER, MARKOSEK,
GIGLIOTTI, BATTISTO, KOSINSKI, BISHOP, HERMAN, FARGO,
BELARDI, ROBINSON, HASAY, CIVERA, E. Z. TAYLOR, COHEN,
PRESTON, DALEY, GRUPPO, SALOOM, J. TAYLOR, PISTELLA AND
CORRIGAN, FEBRUARY 1, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 1, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of assault
3 on sports official; and providing penalties.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 2712. Assault on sports official.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person who violates section 2701
10 (relating to simple assault), where the victim is a sports
11 official who was assaulted during a sports event or was
12 assaulted as a result of his or her official acts as a sports
13 official, is guilty of assault on a sports official.
14 (b) Grading.--Assault on a sports official is a misdemeanor
15 of the first degree.
16 (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
1 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
2 subsection:
3 "Sports event." Any interscholastic athletic activity in a
4 junior high school, high school, college or university in this
5 Commonwealth, or any other organized athletic activity in this
6 Commonwealth.
7 "Sports official." A person at a sports event who enforces
8 the rules of the event, such as an umpire or referee, or a
9 person who supervises the participants, such as a coach. The
10 term includes a trainer, team attendant, game manager and
11 athletic director.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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