Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-F - Operation of Greyhound Racing, Jai Alai and Off-Track Betting General Provisions › Operation of Jai-Alai › Section 12-574-F52 - Judges

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Appointment and number
.
				There shall be three (3) court judges on the playing court during the game at
				all times; a front court judge and a back court judge and a chief (center)
				court judge all appointed by the association. The association shall appoint and
				have licensed no less than two alternate judges who shall be available to act
				as court judges if illness or injury should occur to any of the court judges.
				The alternate appointed judges cannot be members from the active or inactive
				official player roster.
(b)
Division judges
. The executive director shall appoint division
				judges who are responsible for the official score-keeping of all games,
				including supervising the officiating of the games. The division judge shall
				report all questionable decisions and actions of the court judges or players
				which is observed. The division judge reports to the facility supervisor or
				designee. The division judge may sit as a member of the board of administrative
				judges.
(c)
Stations,
				signals, whistle
. The chief court judge and a front and back court judge
				shall be stationed on the playing court prior to the start of each game. The
				front and back court judges' duty shall be to report by signal or otherwise to
				the chief court judge any irregularities or fouls made while a game is in
				progress. All judges shall be equipped with a whistle or other audible
				signaling device to be used to immediately signify when a foul has occurred.
				The court judges shall signify all fouls and points of play according to a
				standard set of signals approved by the division. Decisions by the court judges
				shall be easily recognizable and quickly communicated to the general public. To
				stop the game after the whistle is blown or other audible signal is made, the
				standard signals as officially posted shall be employed. All standard signals
				utilized by the judges shall be reproduced in legible type and permanently
				displayed in readily visible locations in the fronton. The daily jai alai
				programs sold to the public by the jai alai association shall contain a
				prominent statement indicating that such signals are posted.
(d)
Court judges' authority
. The
				court judges' authority extends over the rules of the game, as enumerated in
				section
				12-574-F55 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and involves the calling of
				fouls and interference, the citation of players for game infractions, and the
				recommendation of penalties therefore to the board of administrative
				judges.
(e)
Decisions
				final
. The final decision of any court judge is not subject to appeal or
				review after the official award of a point.
(f)
Rulings
. If a court judge
				notices an infraction within his jurisdiction, he must immediately signal it.
				The chief court judge will make the final decision if necessary after
				consulting with the front and back judges.
(1) The rulings of the court judges shall be
				final relative to the playing of the game.
(2) Any player who plainly exhibits
				displeasure at a judge's decision will be cited for a game
				infraction.
(3) In any play
				involving alleged errors of rotation, the chief court judge may at his own
				discretion or upon the request of the division judge, prior to the official
				award of a point, review the videotapes of any portion of the play in question
				for guidance in making a final decision on such play. If it becomes clear to
				the chief court judge that an error of rotation has occurred, he shall
				immediately have the point replayed beginning at the first occurrence of the
				error in rotation.
(4) In any play
				involving alleged improper return by a member of the same team, the chief court
				judge, may at his own discretion or upon the request of the division judge,
				prior to the official award of a point, review the videotapes of any portion of
				the play in question for guidance in making a final decision on such play. If
				it is clear to the chief court judge that an improper return has occurred, he
				shall immediately award the point to the opposing post position.
(5) No game shall be declared official except
				by the division judge acting as official scorer. In the event there should
				arise any question concerning the proper declaration of an official game, the
				division judge may communicate with the chief court judge or the players'
				manager or assistant players' manager prior to the declaration of an official
				game.