Bill Text: TX HB920 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 920 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain public and private institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Higher Education [HB920 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB920-Introduced.html

	87R78 KSD-D

	By: Krause	H.B. No. 920



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the compensation and professional representation of
	student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic
	programs at certain public and private institutions of higher
	education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 51.9246 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.9246. COMPENSATION AND PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION
	OF STUDENT ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
	PROGRAMS. (a) In this section:
	(1) "Athlete agent" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 2051.001, Occupations Code.
	(2) "General academic teaching institution" and
	"private or independent institution of higher education" have the
	meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
	(b) This section applies only to:
	(1) a general academic teaching institution; or
	(2) a private or independent institution of higher
	education.
	(c) An institution to which this section applies may not:
	(1) adopt or enforce a policy, requirement, standard,
	or limitation that prohibits or otherwise prevents a student
	athlete participating in an intercollegiate athletic program at the
	institution from:
	(A) earning compensation for the use of the
	student athlete's name, image, or likeness when the student athlete
	is not engaged in official team activities; or
	(B) obtaining professional representation,
	including representation by an athlete agent or attorney, in
	relation to contracts or other legal matters; or
	(2) provide a prospective student athlete of an
	intercollegiate athletic program at the institution with
	compensation in relation to the prospective student athlete's name,
	image, or likeness.
	(d) A scholarship, grant, or similar financial assistance
	awarded to a student athlete by an institution to which this section
	applies that covers the student athlete's cost of attendance at the
	institution is not compensation for purposes of this section.
	(e) A student athlete participating in an intercollegiate
	athletic program at an institution to which this section applies
	may not be disqualified from eligibility for a scholarship, grant,
	or similar financial assistance awarded by the institution because
	the student athlete:
	(1) earns compensation from the use of the student
	athlete's name, image, or likeness when the student athlete is not
	engaged in official team activities; or
	(2) obtains professional representation, including
	representation by an athlete agent or attorney, in relation to
	contracts or other legal matters.
	(f) A team contract of an athletic program at an institution
	to which this section applies may not prohibit or otherwise prevent
	a student athlete from using the student athlete's name, image, or
	likeness for a commercial purpose when the student athlete is not
	engaged in official team activities.
	(g) A student athlete participating in an intercollegiate
	athletic program at an institution to which this section applies:
	(1) shall promptly disclose to the institution, in the
	manner prescribed by the institution, any contract entered into by
	the student athlete for use of the student athlete's name, image, or
	likeness;
	(2) may not enter into a contract that provides
	compensation for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or
	likeness if any provision of the contract conflicts with a
	provision of the student athlete's team contract; and
	(3) may not enter into a contract for the student
	athlete's representation by an athlete agent unless the athlete
	agent holds a certificate of registration under Chapter 2051,
	Occupations Code.
	(h) An institution to which this section applies that
	identifies a provision in a contract disclosed to the institution
	by a student athlete under Subsection (g)(1) that conflicts with a
	provision in the student athlete's team contract shall promptly
	disclose the conflict to the student athlete or the student
	athlete's representative, if applicable.
	(i) An athletic association, conference, or other group or
	organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics,
	including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, may not:
	(1) prohibit or prevent a student athlete from
	participating in an intercollegiate athletic program at an
	institution to which this section applies because the student
	athlete:
	(A) earns compensation from the use of the
	student athlete's name, image, or likeness; or
	(B) obtains professional representation,
	including representation by an athlete agent or attorney, in
	relation to contracts or other legal matters;
	(2) prohibit or prevent a student athlete
	participating in an intercollegiate athletic program at an
	institution to which this section applies from engaging in conduct
	described by Subdivision (1)(A) or (B); or
	(3) provide a prospective student athlete of an
	intercollegiate athletic program at an institution to which this
	section applies with compensation in relation to the prospective
	student athlete's name, image, or likeness.
	SECTION 2. Section 51.9246(f), Education Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to a contract entered into, modified, or
	renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2023.