(a) A person commits abuse of an athletic official if, with the purpose of causing physical injury to another person, the person strikes or otherwise physically abuses an athletic contest official immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur or professional athletic contest in which the athletic contest official is participating.
(b) Abuse of an athletic official is a Class A misdemeanor.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Offenses Against the Person
Chapter 13 - Assault and Battery
Subchapter 2 - Offenses Generally
§ 5-13-201. Battery in the first degree
§ 5-13-202. Battery in the second degree
§ 5-13-203. Battery in the third degree
§ 5-13-204. Aggravated assault
§ 5-13-205. Assault in the first degree
§ 5-13-206. Assault in the second degree
§ 5-13-207. Assault in the third degree
§ 5-13-209. Abuse of athletic contest officials
§ 5-13-210. Introduction of controlled substance into body of another person