| SB 0107 | Assaults of Sports Officials |
| Sponsor: | Wiggins | |||
| LR Number: | S0126.02I | Fiscal Note: | 0216-02 | |
| Committee: | Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence | |||
| Last Action: | 01/22/97 - Hearing Conducted S Civil & Criminal Jurisp. Committee | Journal page: | ||
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 1997 | |||
SB 107 - A person commits the crime of intimidation of a coach or sports official if he commits any of the following acts against such official and such act is motivated by the victim's status as a coach or sports official: 1) attempting to injure the coach or official; 2) threatening the coach or official; 3) touching the coach or official in an offensive manner; or 4) communicating to the coach or official a threat to commit any felony. Intimidation of a coach or sports official is a Class D felony. This language is similar to Section 574.093, RSMo, which creates the crime of ethnic intimidation in the second degree.
A sports official is defined as a referee, umpire or other
official who registers with an organized training body or a
person who volunteers as an official.
JAMES KLAHR