Senate Bill No. 582
(By Senators Anderson, Wagner and Dittmar)
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[Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
reported April 1, 1993.]
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A BILL to amend article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifteen-a, relating to assault or battery against an
athletic official; and providing criminal penalties
therefor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
fifteen-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-15a. Assault, battery on athletic officials; penalties.
(a) If any person commits an assault as defined in
subsection (b), section nine of this article, to the person of an
athletic official during the time the official is acting as an
athletic official, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the
county jail not less than twenty-four hours nor more than thirtydays.
(b) If any person commits a battery, as defined in
subsection (c), section nine of this article, against an athletic
official during the time the official is acting as an athletic
official, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the
county jail not less than twenty-four hours nor more than thirty
days.
(c) For the purpose of this section "athletic official"
means a person at a sports event who enforces the rules of that
event, such as an umpire or referee, or a person who supervises
the participants, such as a coach.