CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE

TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT

CHAPTER 94.  LIABILITY OF SPORTS OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Sec. 94.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Athletic competition" means any competitive group or solo sporting activity and includes:
(A)  football, baseball, soccer, basketball, hockey, swimming, track, wrestling, bike or foot races, triathlon, equestrian competitions, golf, marksmanship competitions, darts, billiards, Frisbee golf, fishing tournaments, car racing, and any similar activity that involves any aspect of physical competition, coordination, endurance, or stamina; and
(B)  a rodeo, livestock show, or related event or competition.
(2)  "Sponsoring organization" means the individual, club, association, or entity that undertakes to organize, underwrite, sanction, or promote:
(A)  an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or other organized amateur athletic competition; or
(B)  any rodeo, livestock show, or related event or competition.
(3)  "Sports official" means a person who officiates, judges, or in any manner enforces contest rules in any official capacity with respect to:
(A)  an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or other organized amateur athletic competition and includes a referee, umpire, linesman, side judge, track or field marshal, timekeeper, or scorekeeper or any other person involved in supervising competitive play; or
(B)  any rodeo, livestock show, or related event or competition.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 348 (H.B. 1040), Sec. 1, eff. June 9, 2015.