Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 210 (2019GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Hillyard, L.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/26/2019

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• modifies provisions related to prohibited conduct for an athlete agent; and
• makes technical and conforming changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

REVISED ATHLETIC AGENT ACT
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard
House Sponsor: 
 V. Lowry Snow
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies provisions of the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ modifies provisions related to prohibited conduct for an athlete agent; and
▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
58-87-401
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 281
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
58-87-401
 is amended to read:
58-87-401.
Prohibited conduct.
(1) [
An
] 
Subject to Subsection (3), an
 athlete agent, with the intent to influence a
student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete to enter into an
agency contract, may not take any of the following actions or encourage any other individual to
take or assist any other individual in taking any of the following actions on behalf of the agent:
(a) give materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise
or representation;
(b) furnish anything of value to the athlete before the athlete enters into the contract; or
(c) furnish anything of value to an individual other than the athlete or another
registered athlete agent.
(2) An athlete agent may not intentionally do any of the following or encourage any
other individual to do any of the following on behalf of the agent:
(a) initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student athlete or, if the athlete is a
minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, to recruit or solicit the athlete, parent, or guardian to
enter into an agency contract unless registered under this chapter;
(b) fail to create or retain or to permit inspection of the records required by Section
58-87-304
;
(c) fail to register when required by Section 
58-87-201
;
(d) provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration
or renewal of registration;
(e) predate or postdate an agency contract; or
(f) fail to notify a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the
athlete, before the athlete, parent, or guardian signs an agency contract for a particular sport
that the signing may make the athlete ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport.
(3) An athlete agent registered under this chapter who is certified as an athlete agent in
a particular sport by a national association that promotes or regulates intercollegiate athletics
and establishes eligibility standards for participation by a student athlete in the sport may pay
expenses incurred before the signing of an agency contract by a student athlete, a family
member of the student athlete, and an individual who is a member of a class of individuals
authorized to receive payment for the expenses by the national association that certified the
agent if the expenses are:
(a) for the benefit of an athlete who is a member of a class of athletes authorized to
receive the benefit by the national association that certified the agent;
(b) of a type authorized to be paid by a certified agent by the national association that
certified the agent; and
(c) for a purpose authorized by the national association that certified the agent.