Texas Education Code
§ 33.085 — AUTHORITY OF UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE REGARDING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING SPORTS OFFICIALS
ED § 33.085Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES · Art. D. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"League" means the University Interscholastic League.
(2)"Sports official" means a person who officiates, judges, or in any manner enforces contest rules in any official capacity with respect to and during the course of an interscholastic athletic team competition and who is a member of a league-recognized local chapter or association of sports officials. The term includes a referee, umpire, linesman, judge, or any other person similarly involved in supervising competitive play. The term does not include a league board member or a league official who is acting in an official capacity to supervise, administer, or enforce the league constitution or league contest rules.
(b)The league may require a sports official, as a condition of eligibility to officiate a contest sponsored by the league, to:
(1)be registered with the league and comply with the registration requirements of Subsections (c) and (c-1);
(2)have completed initial and continuing education programs regarding league rules;
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 335 (H.B. 1075), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.