HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4053        FILED ON: 2/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3995

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to amateur or school athletic officials..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 105.No person shall require any athletic official to remain on the playing surface of an athletic contest after the expiration of any interscholastic, intercollegiate or any other organized amateur or sporting contest.   For the purposes of this section the term “athletic official” means an individual who officiates, referees, or umpires an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other amateur athletic contest conducted by a nonprofit corporation or governmental body.  Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days.