Title 05 — Amusements and Sports
12 chapters · 127 sections in this title.
AS 05.05.010 Creation and duties of athletic commission.
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(a) There is created an athletic commission within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. The commission consists of four members appointed by the governor. One member of the commission shall be appointed from each of the four judicial districts. The com…
AS 05.05.020 Commissioner of athletics.
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(a) The governor shall appoint the commissioner of athletics to serve at the governor's pleasure. The commissioner shall be selected on the basis of knowledge of and contribution to athletics in the state. The commissioner serves for a period of five years. (b) The commissioner s…
AS 05.05.030 Jurisdiction, duties, and powers.
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(a) [Repealed, § 35 ch 126 SLA 1994.] (b) Nothing in this chapter gives the commissioner or the commission jurisdiction over the athletes or the athletic programs of any elementary or high school or a college or university. (c) Each member of the commission shall attend and super…
AS 05.05.040 Meetings and compensation of athletic commission.
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The commission may meet at least once a year at the call of the governor. When called, the members of the commission may, at the election of the governor, receive travel expenses incurred in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. A member may receive the per diem allowance fo…
AS 05.10.010 Licenses for boxing and wrestling matches.
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The athletic commission may issue, and for cause revoke, a license to conduct boxing contests, sparring or wrestling matches, or exhibitions as provided in this chapter under terms and conditions and at times and places as the commission may determine. The holder of a license may…
AS 05.10.020 Power of commission.
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The commission shall direct, supervise, and control all boxing contests, or sparring and wrestling matches or exhibitions conducted inside the state, and a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition may not be held inside the state except in accordance with the pro…
AS 05.10.030 License for contest, match, or exhibition where admission fee is charged; exemption.
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The commission may issue, and for cause revoke, a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing, sparring and wrestling contests, matches, and exhibitions where an admission fee is charged by a club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society. However, boxing contest…
AS 05.10.040 Examination of participants in unlicensed contests.
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Every contestant in a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match not conducted under this chapter shall be examined within eight hours before the contest by a practicing physician. The examining physician may disqualify any contestant the physician considers physically unfit to …
AS 05.10.050 Regulations applicable to educational institutions.
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The scholastic organizations exempted from the provisions of this chapter shall comply with the regulations of the commission applicable to boxing contests, sparring or wrestling matches, or exhibitions conducted by it.
AS 05.10.060 License required.
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Except as provided in this chapter, a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match or exhibition may not be conducted inside the state except under a license issued in accordance with this chapter and the regulations of the commission.
AS 05.10.070 Application for license.
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A club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society affected by this chapter may apply to the commission for a license. An application must be in writing and upon a form prescribed by the commission and must be verified in the manner the commission requires and a…
AS 05.10.080 Duration of license.
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The licenses provided for in AS 05.10.070 and 05.10.120 shall be issued for a six-month or 12-month period and shall expire on June 30 and December 31 of each year.
AS 05.10.090 Licensee bond.
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A licensee shall file a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $1,000 with the commission in cities of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants and a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $2,500 in cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants. The bond must be conditioned for the faithful perfor…
AS 05.10.100 Statement and report of contest.
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A licensee shall, within three days before the holding of a boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match, or exhibition, file with the commission a statement setting forth the name of each contestant, the contestant's manager, and other information the commission requires. One wee…
AS 05.10.110 Inspectors.
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The commission may appoint official inspectors. In the absence of a member of the commission, at least one inspector shall be present at any boxing contest, sparring or wrestling match, or exhibition held under this chapter. An inspector shall carry a card signed by the chairman …
AS 05.10.120 Annual licenses to participants; fees; exemptions; designation of referee.
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(a) The commission may grant annual licenses upon application in compliance with the regulations adopted by the commission and the payment of the fees prescribed for managers, referees, examining physicians, boxers, wrestlers, seconds, and trainers. (b) The following is the sched…
AS 05.10.130 Participation in purse or conducting sham contest.
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A person or a member of any group of persons or corporation promoting wrestling or boxing exhibitions or contests who participates directly or indirectly in the purse or fee of a manager of a boxer or wrestler or a boxer or a wrestler, and a licensee who conducts or participates …
AS 05.10.140 Suspensions for violations.
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A contestant who participates in a sham or fake boxing contest or sparring match or exhibition or who violates a regulation of the commission shall be penalized as follows: (1) for the first offense the contestant shall be restrained by order of the commission for a period of at …
AS 05.10.150 Failure to make reports.
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Whenever a licensee fails to make a report of a contest within the time prescribed by this chapter or when the report is unsatisfactory to the commission or to the Department of Revenue, the secretary shall examine the books and records of the licensee. The secretary may subpoena…
AS 05.10.160 Penalty for conducting contests or exhibitions without license.
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A person, club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society conducting boxing, sparring, or wrestling contests or exhibitions without a license is guilty of a misdemeanor.
AS 05.10.170 General penalty.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 05.12.010 Arctic Winter Games.
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(a) A person may not use, display, or publish the symbol of the Arctic Winter Games, consisting of the triple circle symbol and ulu combination, for commercial purposes or private gain without the written authorization of the Arctic Winter Games International Committee. (b) A per…
AS 05.15.010 Department of Revenue to administer chapter.
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The Department of Revenue shall administer this chapter.
AS 05.15.020 Annual permit and fees.
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(a) A municipality or qualified organization may conduct an activity permitted under this chapter if the municipality or qualified organization (1) applies for a permit, pays the appropriate permit fee, and receives an annual permit issued by the department; and (2) designates a …
AS 05.15.025 Money deposited in general fund. [Repealed, § 28 ch 90 SLA 1991.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 05.15.030 Required notices by applicant, permittee, or licensee.
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(a) At the time of filing an application for a permit or license under this chapter, the applicant shall notify the city or borough nearest to the location of the proposed activity of the application. A local government unit may protest the conduct of the activity in its jurisdic…
AS 05.15.040 Issuance, effect, and term of permit.
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After the fee is paid, a permit issued, and during the effective period of the permit, the municipality or qualified organization may conduct the activity specified in the permit. A municipality that has been issued a permit under this chapter may not conduct any activity authori…
AS 05.15.050 Surrender of permit upon suspension or revocation.
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When a permit is suspended or revoked, the permittee shall surrender the permit to the department on or before the effective date of the suspension or revocation. A permit is not valid beyond the effective date of the suspension or revocation, whether surrendered or not.
AS 05.15.060 Regulations.
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(a) The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) necessary to carry out this chapter covering, but not limited to, (1) the issuance, renewal, and revocation of permits, licenses, and vendor registrations; (2) a method of ascertaining net pr…
AS 05.15.070 Examination of books and records.
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The department may examine or have examined the books and records of a permittee, an operator, a registered vendor, or a person licensed to manufacture or to distribute pull-tab games in the state. The department may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the product…
AS 05.15.080 Reports and fees required of municipalities and qualified organizations.
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(a) A municipality or a qualified organization issued a permit under this chapter shall file a report with the department by the 45th day following each calendar quarter in which the permittee had gross receipts of $50,000 or more from activities authorized under this chapter. Th…
AS 05.15.083 Reports to department by operators.
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(a) An operator shall file a report with the department by the last business day of the month following each calendar quarter in which an activity was conducted. The report must include, for each authorizing permittee on whose behalf an activity was conducted during the quarter, …
AS 05.15.087 Operator's reports to permittee and payment of net proceeds.
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(a) An operator shall file a monthly report with each authorizing permittee for which the operator has conducted an activity during the preceding month. The report must include a daily summary of activity conducted under the permit issued to the authorizing permittee and an accou…
AS 05.15.090 Agency reports.
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Before April 15 of each year, the department shall prepare a detailed report containing a summary of all reports required of permittees and operators. The attorney general and the commissioner of public safety shall, within 10 days after the convening of the legislature each year…
AS 05.15.095 General provisions relating to the filing of applications and reports and payment of fees.
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(a) The applications and reports to the department required by this chapter shall be signed under penalty of unsworn falsification in the second degree by the following person, as applicable: (1) the member in charge for the qualified organization; (2) a person authorized to sign…
AS 05.15.097 Notice to the alcoholic beverage control board.
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Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations. If, after notice and hearing, the department determines that a person has violated a provision of this chapter related to gambling and the person is a licensee or permittee under AS 04, the department shall provide notice of the vi…
AS 05.15.100 Issuance of permits and licenses.
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(a) The department may issue a permit to a municipality or qualified organization. The permit gives the municipality or qualified organization the privilege of conducting bingo, raffles and lotteries, pull-tab games, freeze-up classics, ice classics, race classics, rain classics,…
AS 05.15.105 Persons prohibited from involvement.
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(a) If a person has been convicted of a violation of a law of this state that is, or a law or ordinance of another jurisdiction that would be if it had been committed in this state, a felony, or a violation of a law or ordinance of this state or another jurisdiction that is a cri…
AS 05.15.110 Authorized activities a privilege.
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The activities specified in AS 05.15.100 may be permitted as a privilege and do not confer a right upon any person to conduct the activities.
AS 05.15.112 Member in charge.
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(a) Each municipality or qualified organization that applies for a permit under this chapter shall designate a member in charge and at least one alternate member in charge. The member in charge and alternate members in charge designated must have passed a test formulated by the d…
AS 05.15.115 Contracts between permittees and operators.
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(a) A municipality or qualified organization holding a permit to conduct an activity under this chapter may enter into a contract with an operator licensed under this chapter to conduct on behalf of the municipality or qualified organization those activities permitted under the a…
AS 05.15.120 Eligibility for permit.
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An applicant shall be a municipality or qualified organization to be eligible for a permit.
AS 05.15.122 Operator's license.
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(a) A person, municipality, or qualified organization may not conduct an activity subject to this chapter on behalf of a municipality or qualified organization unless the person, municipality, or qualified organization has received an operator's license issued by the department. …
AS 05.15.124 Municipal regulation of operators or vendors.
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A municipality may by ordinance prohibit an operator or a vendor from conducting activities under this chapter within the municipality.
AS 05.15.128 Revocation of operator's license.
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(a) The department shall revoke the license of an operator who does not (1) report an adjusted gross income of at least 15 percent of gross income annually based on the total operation of the operator; or (2) pay to each authorizing permittee annually at least 30 percent of the a…
AS 05.15.130 Department may impose additional requirements.
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The department may supplement the definitions of qualified organizations and activities by regulations adopted under this chapter adding to the definitions additional requirements that the department considers necessary for the best interests of the public or for the proper admin…
AS 05.15.140 Proof necessary to qualify for permit.
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(a) The department may not issue or renew a permit except upon satisfactory proof that the applicant is a municipality or qualified organization, the activity may be permitted under this chapter, and the issuance of a permit is not detrimental to the best interests of the public.…
AS 05.15.145 Multiple-beneficiary permits.
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(a) Two to six municipalities or qualified organizations, or a combination of two to six municipalities and qualified organizations, may jointly apply for a multiple-beneficiary permit under AS 05.15.100(d). The commissioner may not issue or renew a permit except upon satisfactor…
AS 05.15.150 Limitation on use of proceeds.
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(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the authority to conduct the activity authorized by this chapter is contingent upon the dedication of the net proceeds of the charitable gaming activity to the awarding of prizes to contestants or participants and to political, educa…
AS 05.15.160 Authorized expenses.
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(a) The only expenses that may be incurred or paid in connection with the operation of an activity under a permit issued under this chapter are bona fide expenses reasonably necessary for (1) goods, wares, and merchandise necessary for the operation of the activity; (2) personal …