Sec. 1. 32 MRSA c. 4 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 4

UNIFORM ATHLETE AGENTS ACT

§231.__Short title

This chapter may be known and cited as "the Uniform Athlete Agents Act."

Comment

The title Uniform Athlete Agents Act was selected because a majority of the existing acts regulating the activities of agents representing athletes have similar titles.

§232.__Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.__Agency contract.__ "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student athlete a professional sports services contract or an endorsement contract.

2.__Athlete agent.__"Athlete agent" means an individual who enters into an agency contract with a student athlete or, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a student athlete to enter into an agency contract. The term includes an individual who represents to the public that the individual is an athlete agent. The term does not include a spouse, parent, sibling, grandparent or guardian of the student athlete or an individual acting solely on behalf of a professional sports team or professional sports organization.

3.__Athletic director.__"Athletic director" means an individual responsible for administering the overall athletic program of an educational institution or, if an educational institution has separately administered athletic programs for male students and female students, the athletic program for males or the athletic program for females, as appropriate.

4.__Commissioner.__"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation.

5.__Contact.__"Contact" means a communication, direct or indirect, between an athlete agent and a student athlete to recruit or solicit the student athlete to enter into an agency contract.