SB117,6,75 c. Receives consideration for providing the services, and the consideration is
6calculated using a different method than for an individual who is not a student
7athlete.
SB117,2 8Section 2. 440.99 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
SB117,3 9Section 3. 440.99 (4r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB117,6,1110 440.99 (4r) “Educational institution” includes all of the following, whether
11public or private:
SB117,6,1212 (a) An elementary school.
SB117,6,1313 (b) A secondary school.
SB117,6,1414 (c) A technical or vocational school.
SB117,6,1515 (d) A community college.
SB117,6,1616 (e) A college.
SB117,6,1717 (f) A university.
SB117,4 18Section 4. 440.99 (5d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB117,6,2019 440.99 (5d) “Enrolled” means registered for courses and attending athletic
20practice or class. “Enrolls” has a corresponding meaning.
SB117,5 21Section 5. 440.99 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB117,6,2522 440.99 (6) “Intercollegiate sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level
23for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student athlete are
24established by a national association for the promotion or regulation of that promotes
25or regulates
collegiate athletics.
SB117,6
1Section 6. 440.99 (6c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB117,7,32 440.99 (6c) “Interscholastic sport” means a sport played between educational
3institutions that are not community colleges, colleges, or universities.
SB117,7 4Section 7. 440.99 (6r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB117,7,115 440.99 (6r) “Licensed, registered, or certified professional” means an
6individual licensed, registered, or certified as an attorney, dealer in securities,
7financial planner, insurance agent, real estate broker or sales agent, tax consultant,
8accountant, or other member of a profession, other than that of athlete agent, who
9is licensed, registered, or certified by this state or a nationally recognized
10organization that licenses, registers, or certifies members of the profession on the
11basis of experience, education, or testing.
SB117,8 12Section 8. 440.99 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB117,7,1613 440.99 (7) “Professional-sports-services contract" means an agreement under
14which an individual is employed, as a professional athlete or agrees to render
15services, as a player on a professional sports team, or with a professional sports
16organization, or as a professional athlete.
SB117,9 17Section 9. 440.99 (8c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB117,7,2518 440.99 (8c) “Recruit or solicit” means attempt to influence the choice of an
19athlete agent or the choice to enter into an agency contract or both by a student
20athlete or, if the student athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the student
21athlete. The term does not include giving advice with respect to the selection of a
22particular athlete agent or with respect to entering into an agency contract if the
23advice is given in a family, coaching, or social situation, unless the individual giving
24the advice does so because of the receipt or anticipated receipt of an economic benefit,
25directly or indirectly, from an athlete agent.
SB117,10
1Section 10. 440.99 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB117,8,32 440.99 (9m) “Sign” means any of the following, with present intent to
3authenticate or adopt a record:
SB117,8,44 (a) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol.
SB117,8,65 (b) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol,
6sound, or process.
SB117,11 7Section 11. 440.99 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB117,8,128 440.99 (11) “Student athlete" means an individual who is eligible to attend an
9educational institution and
engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible in
10the future to engage in, any interscholastic or intercollegiate sport. If an individual
11is permanently ineligible to participate in a particular interscholastic or
12intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a student athlete for purposes of that sport.
SB117,12 13Section 12. 440.991 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: