According to Article 510 M. 06 of the 2011 ASA Code, Any person discovered in possession of
an altered bat at or near the facility or grounds of a softball competition in which such equipment
is not permitted to be used shall be subject to discipline pursuant to Article 505.  ASA shall have
the right to take possession of a bat that is, in the sole discretion of the official, reasonably
suspected to be an altered bat.  In the event the suspected altered bat is tested and determined to
be an altered bat, then the person shall surrender ownership of the altered bat to ASA; otherwise
a bat of equal or greater value, or a monetary equivalent, in the sole discretion of ASA, shall be
returned to the owner of the subject bat.  A team that is discovered to have within its possession
or control an altered bat may be suspended from further tournament competition.