Code of Alabama - Title 8: Commercial Law and Consumer Protection - Chapter 26B - Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 8-26B-1 Short title
  This chapter may be cited as the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2016).
• Section 8-26B-2 Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Agency contract" means an agreement in which a student athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the...
• Section 8-26B-3 Secretary of State; authority; procedure
  (a) The Alabama Administrative Procedure Act applies to this chapter. The Secretary of State may adopt rules under the act to implement this chapter. (b)...
• Section 8-26B-4 Athlete agent; registration required; void contract
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an individual may not act as an athlete agent in this state without holding a certificate of...
• Section 8-26B-5 Registration as athlete agent; application; requirements; reciprocal registration
  (a) An applicant for registration as an athlete agent shall submit an application for registration to the Secretary of State in a form prescribed by...
• Section 8-26B-6 Certificate of registration; issuance or denial; renewal
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of registration to an applicant for registration who complies...
• Section 8-26B-7 Suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew registration
  (a) The Secretary of State may limit, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration of an individual registered under Section 8-26B-6(a) for conduct that...
• Section 8-26B-8 Temporary registration
  The Secretary of State may issue a temporary certificate of registration as an athlete agent while an application for registration or renewal of registration is
• Section 8-26B-9 Registration and renewal fees
  An application for registration or renewal of registration as an athlete agent must be accompanied by a fee in the following amount: (1) Two hundred...
• Section 8-26B-10 Required form of agency contract
  (a) An agency contract must be in a record signed by the parties. (b) An agency contract must contain: (1) a statement that the athlete...
• Section 8-26B-11 Notice to educational institution
  (a) In this section, "communicating or attempting to communicate" means contacting or attempting to contact by an in-person meeting, a record, or any other method...
• Section 8-26B-12 Student athlete's right to cancel
  (a) A student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving...
• Section 8-26B-13 Required records
  (a) An athlete agent shall create and retain for five years records of the following: (1) the name and address of each individual represented by...
• Section 8-26B-14 Prohibited conduct; payment of expenses under certain circumstances
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an athlete agent, with the intent to influence a student athlete or, if the athlete is a...
• Section 8-26B-15 Criminal penalties
  (a) The commission of any conduct prohibited in subsection (a) of Section 8-26B-14 by an individual required by this chapter to register as an athlete...
• Section 8-26B-16 Civil remedy
  (a) An educational institution or student athlete may bring an action for damages against an athlete agent if the institution or athlete is adversely affected...
• Section 8-26B-17 Civil penalty
  The Secretary of State may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a violation of this
• Section 8-26B-18 Uniformity of application and construction
  In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject...
• Section 8-26B-19 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
  This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify,...
• Article 2 Commission and Disposition of Funds.
• Section 8-26B-30 Alabama Athlete Agents Commission
  (a) The Alabama Athlete Agents Commission is continued in existence. The commission shall consist of the Secretary of State and 18 members to be appointed...
• Section 8-26B-31 Disposition of funds; Alabama Athlete Agents Fund
  (a) All moneys collected for registrations and all fines collected for violations of this chapter shall be paid to the Secretary of State, who shall...

Last modified: May 3, 2021