| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to youth athletic coaches; amending s. |
| 3 | 943.0438, F.S.; requiring certain sanctioning bodies to |
| 4 | disqualify a person from acting as a coach for the |
| 5 | remainder of the season if that person is removed from a |
| 6 | game by an official; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of |
| 11 | section 943.0438, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 12 | 943.0438 Athletic coaches for independent sanctioning |
| 13 | authorities.- |
| 14 | (2) An independent sanctioning authority shall: |
| 15 | (e) Disqualify a person from serving as an athletic coach |
| 16 | of a team in which any team member is 12 years of age or |
| 17 | younger, for the remainder of the team's season, if such coach |
| 18 | is suspended, ejected, or otherwise removed from a game by a |
| 19 | game official. |
| 20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |