A. An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student athlete to enter into an agency contract, shall not:

(1) give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation;

(2) furnish anything of value to a student athlete before the student athlete enters into the agency contract; or

(3) furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student athlete or another registered athlete agent.

B. An athlete agent shall not intentionally:

(1) initiate contact with a student athlete unless registered pursuant to the Uniform Athlete Agents Act;

(2) refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained pursuant to Section 13 [61-14F-13 NMSA 1978] of the Uniform Athlete Agents Act;

(3) fail to register when required pursuant to Section 4 [61-14F-4 NMSA 1978] of the Uniform Athlete Agents Act;

(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 before the student athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing or authentication may make the student athlete ineligible to participate as a student athlete in that sport.

History: Laws 2009, ch. 169, § 14.

Effective dates. — Laws 2009, ch. 169, § 21 made the Uniform Athlete Agents Act effective July 1, 2009.

Severability. — Laws 2009, ch. 169, § 20 provided that if any provision of the Uniform Athlete Agents Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of that act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of that act are severable.