2022 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
Chapter 158 - Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation For Name, Image, Or Likeness
Section 59-158-80. Governing law; compliance with federal Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act.
(A) If there is a conflict between the provisions contained in this chapter and those contained in Chapter 102, Title 59, then the provisions of this chapter shall govern. An athlete agent representing an intercollegiate athlete in a transaction authorized pursuant to this chapter must also comply with all provisions contained in Chapter 102, Title 59 that do not conflict with the provisions contained in this chapter.
(B) An athlete agent shall comply with the federal Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 7801-7807.
HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 35 (S.685), Section 1, eff July 1, 2021.
Editor's Note
2021 Act No. 35, Section 7, provides as follows:
"SECTION 7. This act takes effect for each institution of higher learning in this State upon the earlier of July 1, 2022, or certification by the Attorney General to the Governor of the enactment of rules consistent with the provisions contained in this act by the institution of higher learning's collegiate governing body [July 1, 2021]. Upon certification by the Attorney General, the provisions of this act are suspended until the General Assembly takes further action."
