SF 53 — Keeping amateurism in high school athletics.

SORIGINAL TATE OF W YOMING 26LSO-0154 SENATE FILE NO.

SF0053 KeepingENROLLED amateurismACT inNO. high school athletics.

Sponsored24, by:SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION AN ACT relating to education;

Senator(s) Crum, Boner, Cooper, Crago, Landen, Nethercott, Schuler and Steinmetz and Representative(s) Andrew, Geringer, Harshman and Wylie A BILL for AN ACT relating to education;

6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

8 Section 1.

1 SF0053 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0154 (a) A student who represents a Wyoming high school in a sport or activity sanctioned by the Wyoming high school activities association shall be an amateur in that sport or activity as provided in this section.

6 (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a student forfeits amateur status in a sport or activity by:

(iii) Capitalizing on the student's athletic fame or the student's name, image or likeness by receiving money, gifts of monetary value, merchandise or other considerationORIGINAL relatedSENATE toFILE competingNO. in that sport or activity;

SF0053 STATEENROLLED OFACT WYOMINGNO. 26LSO-0154 2 (iv) Signing a professional playing contract in that sport or activity.

24, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION consideration related to competing in that sport or activity;

(iv) Signing a professional playing contract in that sport or activity.

9 (c) The following activities do not forfeit amateur status under this section:

If prize money is available in the SF0053 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0154 competition, the student or the student's parent or guardian shall complete a written declaration prior to the competition that specifies that the student, and the student's parent or guardian if applicable, will not accept any prize money and will only accept awards that do not exceed the awards amount authorized by the Wyoming high school activities association.

This paragraph shall not authorize the payment of any money or monetary compensation that is contingent upon the student's or the team's finish or performance or that is given as an incentive to achieve aORIGINAL specificSENATE goalFILE orNO. performance.

SF0053 ENROLLED ACT NO.

24, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION a specific goal or performance.

4 SF0053 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0154 (iv) Accepting a nominal fee or salary for instructing, supervising or officiating in an organized youth sports program, recreation or playground activity;

5 (v) A school sponsored membership or fee that is paid for the student to participate in a youth serving agency, athletic club, community recreation center, instructional program, camp or similar program if the fee is paid directly to the program or agency;

(vii) Receiving nonmonetary benefits or awards provided to members of an Olympic team or junior national team beyond actual and necessary expenses, including entertainment, equipment, clothing, long distance telephone service, internet access and any other item or service for which it can be demonstrated that the same benefit is available to all members of the nation's Olympic or junior SF0053 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0154 national team or the specific Olympic or junior national team in question;

4ORIGINAL (viii)SENATE AcceptingFILE fundsNO. that are administered by the United States Olympic committee pursuant to its operation gold program;

8SF0053 (ix)ENROLLED ParticipatingACT inNO. member school, charitable or educational promotions or fund raising activities that involve the use of athletic ability by student-athletes to obtain funds from donors, including swim-a-thons, lift-a-thons, shoot-a-thons or other similar events, provided no compensation or prizes are given to the student-athletes based on their performance.

24, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION (viii) Accepting funds that are administered by the United States Olympic committee pursuant to its operation gold program;

(ix) Participating in member school, charitable or educational promotions or fund raising activities that involve the use of athletic ability by student-athletes to obtain funds from donors, including swim-a-thons, lift-a-thons, shoot-a-thons or other similar events, provided no compensation or prizes are given to the student-athletes based on their performance.

SF0053 STATE OF WYOMING 26LSO-0154 (d) Violation of this section shall result in the student becoming ineligible to participate in the sport or activity concerned.

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SF0053 ENROLLED ACT NO.

24, SENATE SIXTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING BUDGET SESSION Section 2.

(END) SF0053Speaker of the House President of the Senate Governor TIME APPROVED:

_________ DATE APPROVED:

_________ I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

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