21.0166.01000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2047
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Industry, Business and Labor Committee
(At the request of the Commission on Uniform State Laws)
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 9-15.2-13 of the North Dakota Century Code,
2 relating to conduct prohibited under the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act; and to provide a
3 penalty.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 9-15.2-13 of the North Dakota Century Code is
6 amended and reenacted as follows:
7 9-15.2-13. Prohibited conduct.
8 1. An athlete agent, with the intent to influence a student-athlete or, if the athlete is a minor,
9 a parent or guardian of the athlete to enter an agency contract, may not take any of the
10 following actions or encourage any other individual to take or assist any other individual in
11 taking any of the following actions on behalf of the agentintentionally:
12 a.1. Give a student-athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, give a parent or guardian of the
13 athlete materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or
14 representation with the intent to influence the athlete, parent, or guardian to enter an
15 agency contract;
16 b.2. Furnish anything of value to the athlete before the athlete enters into the contract; or
17 c. Furnish anything of value to an individual other than the athlete or another
18 registered athlete agent.
19 2. An athlete agent may not intentionally do any of the following or encourage any other
20 individual to do any of the following on behalf of the agent:
21 a. a student-athlete or another individual, if to do so may result in loss of the
22 athlete's eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport, unless:
23 a. The agent notifies the athletic director of the educational institution at which the
24 athlete is enrolled or at which the agent has reasonable grounds to believe the
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1 athlete intends to enroll, not later than seventy-two hours after giving the thing of
2 value; and
3 b. The athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete
4 acknowledges to the agent in a record that receipt of the thing of value may result
5 in loss of the athlete's eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport;
6 3. Initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student-athlete or, if the athlete is a minor,
7 a parent or guardian of the athlete, to recruit or solicit the athlete or, parent, or
8 guardian to enter an agency contract unless registered under this chapter;
9 b.4. Fail to create or, retain, or to permit inspection of the records required by
10 section 9-15.2-12;
11 c.5. Fail to register when required by section 9-15.2-03;
12 d.6. Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or
13 renewal of registration;
14 e.7. Predate or postdate an agency contract; or
15 f.8. Fail to notify a student-athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the
16 athlete, before the athlete or, parent, or guardian signs an agency contract for a
17 particular sport that the signing may make the athlete ineligibleresult in loss of the
18 athlete's eligibility to participate as a student-athlete in thatin the athlete's sport;
19 9. Encourage another individual to do any of the acts described in subsections 1
20 through 8 on behalf of the agent; or
21 10. Encourage another individual to assist any other individual in doing any of the acts
22 described in subsections 1 through 8 on behalf of the agent.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 9-15.2-13
Enrollment: 9-15.2-13
PREFILED: 9-15.2-13