21-6507. Sports bribery. (a) Sports bribery is:
(1) Conferring, or offering or agreeing to confer, any benefit upon a sports participant with intent to influence such participant not to give such participant's best efforts in a sports contest;
(2) conferring or offering or agreeing to confer, any benefit upon a sports official with intent to influence such official to perform such official's duties improperly;
(3) accepting, agreeing to accept or soliciting by a sports participant of any benefit from another person upon an understanding that such sports participant will thereby be influenced not to give such participant's best efforts in a sports contest; or
(4) accepting, agreeing to accept or soliciting by a sports official any benefit from another person upon an understanding that such official will perform such official's duties improperly.
(b) Sports bribery as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) is a severity level 9, nonperson felony; and
(2) Subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4) is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section and K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-6508, and amendments thereto:
(1) "Sports contest" means any professional or amateur sports or athletic game or contest viewed by the public;
(2) "sports participant" means any person who participates or expects to participate in a sports contest as a player, contestant or member of a team, or as a coach, manager, trainer or other person directly associated with a player, contestant or team; and
(3) "sports official" means any person who acts or expects to act in a sports contest as an umpire, referee, judge or otherwise to officiate at a sports contest.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 238; July 1, 2011.
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