Michigan Laws 390.1502 – Student athlete or immediate family member; giving or promising money or things of value; prohibited purposes; aiding and abetting; “person” defined; violation as misdemeanor; penalty
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall not give, offer, promise, or attempt to give any money or other thing of value to a student athlete or immediate family member of a student athlete for either of the following purposes:
(a) To induce, encourage, or reward the student athlete’s application, enrollment, or attendance at an institution of higher education in order to have the student athlete participate in intercollegiate sporting events, contests, exhibitions, or programs at that institution.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 390.1502
- Department: means the department of education. See Michigan Laws 390.1501
- Immediate family: means the student athlete's spouse, child, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, first cousin, or the spouse or guardian of any of the persons described in this subdivision. See Michigan Laws 390.1501
- Institution of higher education: means a public or private college or university in this state. See Michigan Laws 390.1501
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Student athlete: means a person who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible to engage in any intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition, or program. See Michigan Laws 390.1501
(b) To induce, encourage, or reward the student athlete’s participation in an intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition, or program.
(2) A person shall not aid or abet any act described in subsection (1).
(3) As used in subsection (1), “person” does not include any of the following:
(a) An institution of higher education or any of its officers or employees if the institution, officer, or employee is acting in accordance with an official written policy of the institution which is in compliance with rules promulgated by the department.
(b) An intercollegiate athletic award approved or administered by the institution of higher education that the student athlete attends.
(c) An immediate family member of the student athlete.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who engages in conduct knowing or having reason to know that the conduct is in violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or 3 times the amount given, offered, or promised to the student athlete or immediate family member of the student athlete, whichever is greater, or not more than 1 year imprisonment, or both. The prosecuting attorney of a county where a violation of this section occurs shall enforce this section.