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HOUSE BILL NO. 7 – Athlete agents, licensure

HOUSE BILL NO. 7

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H0007...........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
                Requested by: Bureau of Occupational Licenses
ATHLETE AGENTS - Amends existing law to provide for the licensure of athlete
agents; to revise license renewal and reinstatement provisions; and to delete
certain definitions.
                                                                        
01/06    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
    Rpt prt - to St Aff
01/16    Rpt out - Ref'd to Bus
01/30    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/31    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-4-2
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
      Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Collins, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18),
      Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Lake,
      Langford, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller,
      Mitchell, Moyle, Nacarrato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo,
      Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen,
      Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr.
      Speaker
      NAYS -- Clark, Henbest, Kulczyk, Smith(24)
      Absent and excused -- Black, Schaefer(Schaefer)
    Floor Sponsor - Meyer
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/04    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                      HOUSE BILL NO. 7
                                                                        
                                       BY MR. SPEAKER
                       Requested by: Bureau of Occupational Licenses
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT; AMENDING  SECTION  54-4802,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO  DELETE  DEFINITIONS  FOR "PERSON," "RECORD" AND "REGISTRATION";
  4        AMENDING SECTION 54-4804, IDAHO CODE,  TO  REQUIRE  LICENSURE  OF  ATHLETE
  5        AGENTS AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY; AMENDING SECTION 54-4805, IDAHO
  6        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  CORRECT  TERMINOLOGY;  AMENDING SECTION 54-4806, IDAHO
  7        CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO  REVISE  LICENSE  RENEWAL  AND
  8        REINSTATEMENT  PROVISIONS;  AMENDING  SECTIONS  54-4807 AND 54-4808, IDAHO
  9        CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT  TERMINOLOGY;  AMENDING  SECTION  54-4809,  IDAHO
 10        CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE A GRAMMATICAL CHANGE; AND
 11        AMENDING SECTIONS 54-4810 AND 54-4814, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TER-
 12        MINOLOGY.
                                                                        
 13    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 14        SECTION  1.  That  Section 54-4802, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        54-4802.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
 17        (1)  "Agency contract" means  an  agreement  in  which  a  student-athlete
 18    authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student-athlete a
 19    professional sports services contract or an endorsement contract.
 20        (2)  "Athlete  agent"  means  an individual who enters into an agency con-
 21    tract with a student-athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or  solicits
 22    a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract. The term includes an indi-
 23    vidual  who  represents to the public that the individual is an athlete agent.
 24    The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent  or  guardian
 25    of  the  student-athlete or an individual acting solely on behalf of a profes-
 26    sional sports team or professional sports organization.
 27        (3)  "Athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering
 28    the overall athletic program of an educational institution or,  if  an  educa-
 29    tional institution has separately administered athletic programs for male stu-
 30    dents and female students, the athletic program for males or the athletic pro-
 31    gram for females, as appropriate.
 32        (4)  "Contact"  means a communication, direct or indirect, between an ath-
 33    lete agent and a student-athlete, to recruit or solicit the student-athlete to
 34    enter into an agency contract.
 35        (5)  "Endorsement contract" means an  agreement  under  which  a  student-
 36    athlete  is  employed  or receives consideration to use on behalf of the other
 37    party any value that the student-athlete may have because of publicity,  repu-
 38    tation, following or fame obtained because of athletic ability or performance.
 39        (6)  "Intercollegiate  sport" means a sport played at the collegiate level
 40    for which eligibility requirements for participation by a student-athlete  are
 41    established  by a national association for the promotion or regulation of col-
 42    legiate athletics.
 43        (7)  "Person" means an individual, corporation,  business  trust,  estate,
                                                                        
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  1    trust,  partnership,  limited  liability  company, association, joint venture,
  2    government, governmental subdivision, governmental agency or  instrumentality,
  3    public corporation or any other legal or commercial entity.
  4        (8)  "Professional  sports  services  contract"  means  an agreement under
  5    which an individual is employed, or agrees to render services, as a player  on
  6    a  professional  sports team, with a professional sports organization, or as a
  7    professional athlete.
  8        (9)  "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium  or
  9    that  is  stored  in  an  electronic  or  other  medium  and is retrievable in
 10    perceivable form.
 11        (10) "Registration" means registration as an  athlete  agent  pursuant  to
 12    this chapter.
 13        (118) "State"  means  a state of the United States, the District of Colum-
 14    bia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or  insu-
 15    lar possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
 16        (129) "Student-athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible to
 17    engage  in, or may be eligible in the future to engage in, any intercollegiate
 18    sport. If an individual is permanently ineligible to participate in a particu-
 19    lar intercollegiate sport, the individual is not a  student-athlete  for  pur-
 20    poses of that sport.
                                                                        
 21        SECTION  2.  That  Section 54-4804, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 22    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 23        54-4804.  ATHLETE AGENTS -- REGISTRATION LICENSE  REQUIRED  --  VOID  CON-
 24    TRACTS. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an
 25    individual  may  not  act  as an athlete agent in this state without holding a
 26    certificate of registration valid license under section  54-4806  or  54-4808,
 27    Idaho Code.
 28        (b)  Before  being  issued a certificate of registration license, an indi-
 29    vidual may act as an athlete agent in this state for all purposes except sign-
 30    ing an agency contract, if:
 31        (1)  A student-athlete or another person acting on behalf of the  student-
 32        athlete initiates communication with the individual; and
 33        (2)  Within  seven  (7) days after an initial act as an athlete agent, the
 34        individual submits an application for registration licensure as an athlete
 35        agent in this state.
 36        (c)  An agency contract resulting from conduct in violation of  this  sec-
 37    tion  is  void  and  the athlete agent shall return any consideration received
 38    under the contract.
                                                                        
 39        SECTION 3.  That Section 54-4805, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 40    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 41        54-4805.  REGISTRATION LICENSURE AS ATHLETE AGENT -- FORM -- REQUIREMENTS.
 42    (a)  An  applicant  for registration a license shall submit an application for
 43    registration to the department in a form  prescribed  by  the  department.  An
 44    application  filed under this section is a public record. The application must
 45    be in the name of an individual and, except as otherwise provided  in  subsec-
 46    tion  (b)  of this section, signed or otherwise authenticated by the applicant
 47    under penalty of perjury and state or contain:
 48        (1)  The name of the applicant and the address of the applicant's  princi-
 49        pal place of business;
 50        (2)  The name of the applicant's business or employer, if applicable;
 51        (3)  Any  business  or occupation engaged in by the applicant for the five
                                                                        
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  1        (5) years next preceding the date of submission of the application;
  2        (4)  A description of the applicant's:
  3             (A)  Formal training as an athlete agent;
  4             (B)  Practical experience as an athlete agent; and
  5             (C)  Educational background relating to the applicant's activities as
  6             an athlete agent;
  7        (5)  The names and addresses of three (3) individuals not related  to  the
  8        applicant who are willing to serve as references;
  9        (6)  The  name, sport and last known team for each individual for whom the
 10        applicant acted as an athlete agent during the five (5) years next preced-
 11        ing the date of submission of the application;
 12        (7)  The names and addresses of all persons who are:
 13             (A)  With respect to the athlete agent's business, if  it  is  not  a
 14             corporation, the partners, members, officers, managers, associates or
 15             profit sharers of the business; and
 16             (B)  With  respect  to a corporation employing the athlete agent, the
 17             officers, directors, and any shareholder of the corporation having an
 18             interest of five percent (5%) or greater;
 19        (8)  Whether the applicant or any person named pursuant to  paragraph  (7)
 20        of  this  subsection  has  been convicted of a crime that, if committed in
 21        this state, would be a crime involving moral turpitude or  a  felony,  and
 22        identify the crime;
 23        (9)  Whether  there  has been any administrative or judicial determination
 24        that the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (7)  of  this
 25        subsection has made a false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent represen-
 26        tation;
 27        (10) Any  instance  in  which  the  conduct of the applicant or any person
 28        named pursuant to paragraph (7) of this subsection resulted in the imposi-
 29        tion of a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to partic-
 30        ipate in  an  interscholastic  or  intercollegiate  athletic  event  on  a
 31        student-athlete or educational institution;
 32        (11) Any  sanction,  suspension,  or disciplinary action taken against the
 33        applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (7) of this subsection
 34        arising out of occupational or professional conduct; and
 35        (12) Whether there has been any denial of an application  for,  suspension
 36        or  revocation  of,  or refusal to renew, the registration or licensure of
 37        the applicant or any person named pursuant to paragraph (7) of  this  sub-
 38        section as an athlete agent in any state.
 39        (b)  An  individual who has submitted an application for, and holds a cer-
 40    tificate of, registration or licensure as an athlete agent in  another  state,
 41    may  submit a copy of the application and certificate in lieu of submitting an
 42    application in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
 43    The department shall accept the application and the certificate from the other
 44    state as an application for registration in this state if the  application  to
 45    the other state:
 46        (1)  Was submitted in the other state within six (6) months next preceding
 47        the  submission  of the application in this state and the applicant certi-
 48        fies that the information contained in the application is current;
 49        (2)  Contains information substantially similar to, or more  comprehensive
 50        than, that required in an application submitted in this state; and
 51        (3)  Was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
                                                                        
 52        SECTION  4.  That  Section 54-4806, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 53    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        54-4806.   CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION LICENSURE -- ISSUANCE OR DENIAL  OF
  2    A  LICENSE  --  RENEWAL. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of
  3    this section, the department    shall  issue  a  certificate  of  registration
  4    license  to an individual who complies with section 54-4805(a), Idaho Code, or
  5    whose application has been accepted under section 54-4805(b), Idaho Code.
  6        (b)  The department may refuse to  issue  a  certificate  of  registration
  7    license if the department determines that the applicant has engaged in conduct
  8    that  has a significant adverse effect on the applicant's fitness to act as an
  9    athlete agent. In  making  the  determination,  the  department  may  consider
 10    whether the applicant has:
 11        (1)  Been  convicted of a crime that, if committed in this state, would be
 12        a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony;
 13        (2)  Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive or  fraudulent  repre-
 14        sentation in the application or as an athlete agent;
 15        (3)  Engaged  in  conduct that would disqualify the applicant from serving
 16        in a fiduciary capacity;
 17        (4)  Engaged in conduct prohibited by section 54-4814, Idaho Code;
 18        (5)  Had a registration  or  licensure  as  an  athlete  agent  suspended,
 19        revoked or denied, or been refused renewal of registration or licensure as
 20        an athlete agent in any state;
 21        (6)  Engaged in conduct the consequence of which was that a sanction, sus-
 22        pension,  or  declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscho-
 23        lastic or intercollegiate athletic event was imposed on a  student-athlete
 24        or educational institution; or
 25        (7)  Engaged  in  conduct  that  significantly,  adversely reflects on the
 26        applicant's credibility, honesty or integrity.
 27        (c)  In making a determination under subsection (b) of this  section,  the
 28    department shall consider:
 29        (1)  How recently the conduct occurred;
 30        (2)  The nature of the conduct and the context in which it occurred; and
 31        (3)  Any other relevant conduct of the applicant.
 32        (d)  An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration license by submit-
 33    ting  an  application  for  renewal in a form prescribed by the department. An
 34    application filed under this section is a public record. The  application  for
 35    renewal must be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and must con-
 36    tain current information on all matters required in an original registration.
 37        (e)  An  individual who has submitted an application for renewal of regis-
 38    tration or licensure in another state, in lieu of  submitting  an  application
 39    for renewal in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section,
 40    may file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of reg-
 41    istration  or  licensure from the other state. The department shall accept the
 42    application for renewal from the other state as an application for renewal  in
 43    this state if the application to the other state:
 44        (1)  Was submitted in the other state within six (6) months next preceding
 45        the  filing in this state and the applicant certifies the information con-
 46        tained in the application for renewal is current;
 47        (2)  Contains information substantially similar to or  more  comprehensive
 48        than  that required in an application for renewal submitted in this state;
 49        and
 50        (3)  Was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
 51        (f)  A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid
 52    for two (2) years All licenses issued under the  provisions  of  this  chapter
 53    shall be subject to annual renewal and shall expire unless renewed in the man-
 54    ner  prescribed  by  the bureau regarding applications for renewal, continuing
 55    education and fees. License renewal and reinstatement shall be  in  accordance
                                                                        
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  1    with section 67-2614, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
  2        SECTION  5.  That  Section 54-4807, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  3    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  4        54-4807.  SUSPENSION,  REVOCATION  OR  REFUSAL  TO  RENEW  REGISTRATION  A
  5    LICENSE. (a) The department may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a registra-
  6    tion license for conduct that would  have  justified  denial  of  registration
  7    licensure under section 54-4806(b), Idaho Code.
  8        (b)  The department may deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a certif-
  9    icate  of  registration  or  licensure license only after proper notice and an
 10    opportunity for a hearing. The provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code,
 11    shall apply to this chapter.
                                                                        
 12        SECTION 6.  That Section 54-4808, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        54-4808.  TEMPORARY  REGISTRATION  LICENSURE.  The  department may issue a
 15    temporary certificate of registration license while an application for  regis-
 16    tration licensure or license renewal of registration is pending.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION 7.  That Section 54-4809, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 18    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 19        54-4809.  REGISTRATION  LICENSE  AND RENEWAL FEES -- DEPOSIT -- APPROPRIA-
 20    TION. (1) An application for registration a license or license renewal of reg-
 21    istration  must be accompanied by a  fee,  in  an  amount  prescribed  by  the
 22    department  but not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250), for any regis-
 23    tration period, for the following:
 24        (a)  An initial application for registration licensure;
 25        (b)  An application for registration licensure based upon a certificate of
 26        registration or licensure issued by another state;
 27        (c)  An application for license renewal; of registration; or
 28        (d)  An application for license renewal  of  registration  based  upon  an
 29        application  for renewal of registration or licensure submitted in another
 30        state.
 31        (2)  All fees received under the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be
 32    deposited  in  the  state  treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses
 33    fund and all costs and expenses incurred by the department  under  the  provi-
 34    sions  of  this  chapter shall be a charge against and paid from said fund for
 35    such purposes. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the funds col-
 36    lected hereunder shall be immediately available for the administration of this
 37    chapter. In no event will the occupational licenses fund be obligated  to  pay
 38    any  claims  which  that,  in  aggregate  with claims already paid, exceed the
 39    income to the occupational licenses fund which has been derived by the  appli-
 40    cation of this chapter.
 41        (3)  The  money  paid  into the occupational licenses fund is continuously
 42    appropriated to the department for expenditure in the manner prescribed herein
 43    to defray the expenses of the department in carrying  out  and  enforcing  the
 44    provisions of this chapter.
                                                                        
 45        SECTION  8.  That  Section 54-4810, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 46    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 47        54-4810.  REQUIRED FORM OF CONTRACT. (a) An agency contract must be  in  a
                                                                        
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  1    record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties.
  2        (b)  An agency contract must state or contain:
  3        (1)  The  amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by
  4        the student-athlete for services to be provided by the athlete agent under
  5        the contract and any other consideration the athlete agent has received or
  6        will receive from any other source for entering into the contract  or  for
  7        providing the services;
  8        (2)  The name of any person not listed in the application for registration
  9        licensure  or  license  renewal  of  registration  who will be compensated
 10        because the student-athlete signed the agency contract;
 11        (3)  A description of any expenses  that  the  student-athlete  agrees  to
 12        reimburse;
 13        (4)  A description of the services to be provided to the student-athlete;
 14        (5)  The duration of the contract; and
 15        (6)  The date of execution.
 16        (c)  An  agency contract must contain, in close proximity to the signature
 17    of the student-athlete, a conspicuous notice in boldface type in capital  let-
 18    ters stating:
 19        WARNING TO STUDENT-ATHLETE
 20        IF YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT:
 21             (1)  YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS A STUDENT-ATHLETE IN
 22             YOUR SPORT;
 23             (2)  IF YOU HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER ENTERING
 24             INTO  THIS CONTRACT, BOTH YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT MUST NOTIFY YOUR
 25             ATHLETIC DIRECTOR; AND
 26             (3)  YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS  AFTER  SIGNING  IT.
 27             CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT MAY NOT REINSTATE YOUR ELIGIBILITY.
 28        (d)  An  agency contract that does not conform to this section is voidable
 29    by the student-athlete. If a student-athlete voids  an  agency  contract,  the
 30    student-athlete is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or
 31    to  return  any  consideration  received  from the athlete agent to induce the
 32    student-athlete to enter into the contract.
 33        (e)  The athlete agent shall give a record  of  the  signed  or  otherwise
 34    authenticated agency contract to the student-athlete at the time of execution.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  9.  That  Section 54-4814, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        54-4814.  PROHIBITED CONDUCT. (a) An athlete agent,  with  the  intent  to
 38    induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not:
 39        (1)  Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materi-
 40        ally false promise or representation;
 41        (2)  Furnish  anything  of  value to a student-athlete before the student-
 42        athlete enters into the agency contract; or
 43        (3)  Furnish anything of value to any individual other than  the  student-
 44        athlete or another registered athlete agent.
 45        (b)  An athlete agent may not intentionally:
 46        (1)  Initiate  contact with a student-athlete unless registered under this
 47        chapter;
 48        (2)  Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required
 49        to be retained by section 54-4813, Idaho Code;
 50        (3)  Fail to register obtain a license when required by  section  54-4804,
 51        Idaho Code;
 52        (4)  Provide  materially false or misleading information in an application
 53        for registration licensure or license renewal; of registration;
                                                                        
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  1        (5)  Predate or postdate an agency contract; or
  2        (6)  Fail to notify a student-athlete before the student-athlete signs  or
  3        otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the
  4        signing  or authentication may make the student-athlete ineligible to par-
  5        ticipate as a student-athlete in that sport.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 12402

54-4802 clarifying definitions for Athletic Agents; 54-4804, 54-
4805, 54-4806, 54-4807, 54-4808, 54-4809, 54-4810 and 54-4814
providing for issuance of a license. 

In addition changing the renewal date from annual to birth date of
the applicant as per 67-2614.









                         FISCAL IMPACT

There will be no impact on General or Dedicated Funds.
CONTACT
Name:        Rayola Jacobsen
Agency:      Occupational License, Bureau
Phone:       334-3233

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact                       H