Here is the quoted rule from the NCAA website...
http://www.ncaa.com/library/rules/20...ball_rules.pdf
NCAA Softball Rule 11-2e.
e. At the moment of bat-ball contact, the batter may not contact the pitch when any part of the foot is touching home plate, even though she may be touching the lines of the batters box. In addition,
the batter may contact the pitch when an entire foot is touching the ground completely outside the lines of the batters box.
EFFECTThe batter shall be declared out immediately, whether the ball is fair or foul. The ball is dead.
Notes:
1. The batters hands may leave the bat before bat-ball contact.
2. In cases where there are no batters box lines evident, good judgment must be used, and the benefit of any doubt must go to the batter.
The gist of everything there (effects and penalties) sounds like
NOT should be in the second sentence - why would Note #2 be there if the batter was allowed to stand outside the box to make a hit?