Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-404

EPS 404

Youth Sports Referees

Mr. Hedlund moved that the proposed new text be amended in Section XX by inserting, at the end therefor, the following new Section:-

SECTION XX: Section 60 of Chapter 149 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, at the end thereof, the following:-

This section shall not be deemed to prohibit children ten to fourteen years of age from participating in a youth sporting event as a referee, coach or other position necessary to the sporting event; except that, this paragraph shall not include working at a concession stand. For purposes of this paragraph, “youth sporting event” means an event where all players are under the age of eighteen and the event is sponsored and supervised by a public body or a not for profit entity.