Every day, you, your children or your friends engage
in an American form of healthy competition through organized sports. As
we enter a new season, we wanted to inform you that the Nevada
Legislature passed a law, AB 474, in 2005 to protect all sports
officials including referees, umpires, linesmen, timekeepers,
inspectors, judges in any sport.
State law makes it a crime to threaten a sports
official, verbally or physically, resulting in fines up to $2,000 and
1
year in jail. If the victim suffers severe bodily harm, the punishment
may be up to 15 years in prison and fines up to $10,000. (Nevada
Revised Statutes 200.471 and 200.481)
