Haw. Rev. Stat. § 481Z-14

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 481Z-14 - Prohibited conduct
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an athlete agent, with the intent to influence a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete to enter into an agency contract, shall not take any of the following actions, encourage any other individual to take any of the following actions, or assist any other individual in taking any of the following actions on behalf of the agent:
(1) Give materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or misrepresentation;
(2) Furnish anything of value to the athlete before the athlete enters into the contract; or
(3) Furnish anything of value to an individual other than the athlete or another registered athlete agent.
(b) An athlete agent shall not intentionally do any of the following or encourage any other individual to do any of the following on behalf of the agent:
(1) Initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, to recruit or solicit the athlete, parent, or guardian to enter an agency contract unless registered under this chapter;
(2) Fail to create, retain, or permit inspection of the records required by section 481Z-13;
(3) Fail to register when required by section 481Z-4;
(4) Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration;
(5) Predate or postdate an agency contract; or
(6) Fail to notify a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, before the athlete, parent, or guardian signs an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing may make the athlete ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport.
(c) A certified athlete agent may pay expenses of a student athlete and the athlete's family members incurred before the signing of an agency contract; provided that the expenses are:
(1) For the benefit of an athlete who is a member of a class of athletes authorized to receive the benefit by the bona fide national association that certified the agent;
(2) Of a type authorized to be paid by a certified agent by the bona fide national association that certified the agent; and
(3) For a purpose authorized by the bona fide national association that certified the agent.

HRS § 481Z-14

Added by L 2019, c 193,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2020.