Chapter 440 — Chapter 440

§440-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Amateur boxing contest" is one in which no contestant has boxed with or against a professional boxer or another amateur boxer for a money prize or purse, except as provided in this chapter. "Boxing" means a contest in which the act of…

§440-10 Licenses, promoters. (a) Any individual or club may apply to the commission for a license to conduct, hold, or give professional boxing contests. The application shall be in writing, addressed to the commission, and signed by the applicant, or if the applicant is a club, …

§440-11 Requirements to hold a boxing contest. (a) The application for a license to promote professional boxing contests shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in rules adopted by the director pursuant to chapter 91. (b) For approval to conduct, hold, or give a boxing contest,…

§440-12 Licenses, participants. (a) Any individual may apply to the commission for a license to act as a physician, referee, judge, matchmaker, manager, timekeeper, second, or professional boxer to participate, either directly or indirectly, in any boxing contest. The application…

§440-13 License fees. (a) License fees shall be paid annually to the State by every applicant to whom a license is issued to participate in the conduct of professional boxing in any of the capacities set forth in this chapter: promoter, physician, referee, judge, matchmaker, mana…

§440-14 Licenses, limitations, renewals. (a) No boxing contest shall be conducted, held, or given unless all the parties participating, as designated herein, are licensed by the commission, and it shall be unlawful for any individual or club to participate in a boxing contest in …

§440-15 Receipts and reports thereon. (a) Every individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests, within seventy-two hours after the determination of every boxing contest for which admission fees are charged and received, shall furnish to the commiss…

§440-16 Failure to report receipts. Whenever any individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests fails to make a report of any boxing contest at the time and in the manner herein prescribed, or whenever the report is unsatisfactory to the commission…

§440-17 Admission tickets. All tickets of admission to any boxing contest for which admission fees are charged and received shall have printed clearly upon the face thereof the purchase price of same, and no ticket shall be sold for more than the price as printed thereon. [L 1929…

§440-18 Inspectors; duties. The commission shall appoint official representatives designated as inspectors, each of whom shall receive from the commission a card or badge authorizing the person to act as inspector whenever the commission may designate the person to so act. An ins…

§440-19 Referees; duties. (a) At each boxing contest there shall be in attendance a duly licensed referee designated by the commission, who shall direct and control the contest. Before starting the boxing contest, the referee shall ascertain from each contestant the name of the c…

§440-2 Commission established. There shall be a board which shall be known as the state boxing commission of Hawaii. The commission shall consist of five members. At least one of the members shall be a member of USA Boxing, Inc. One member shall be designated by the governor as c…

§440-20 Judges; duties. The boxing commission may in its discretion appoint two judges to act with the referee in rendering a decision or three judges to act with a nonvoting referee in rendering a decision. [L 1929, c 216, §23; RL 1935, §7010; RL 1945, §7571; am L 1949, c 264, §…

§440-21 Physician; duties. Every individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests shall have in attendance at every boxing contest at least two physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State and duly licensed hereunder, who shall observe the p…

§440-22 Sham boxing contest; forfeiture of license. Any individual or club who conducts, holds, or gives or participates in any sham or fake boxing contest, knowing the same to be a sham or fake, shall forfeit the license issued in accordance with this chapter, and the license sh…

§440-23 Sham boxing contest; penalty against contestant. Any contestant who knowingly participates in any sham or false boxing contest shall be suspended by the boxing commission for not less than twelve months from the date of the offense from further participation in any boxing…

§440-24 Number of rounds. The commission, with respect to any boxing contest or with respect to any class of contestants, may limit the number of rounds of a boxing contest within the maximum of twelve rounds. [L 1929, c 216, §27; RL 1935, §7014; RL 1945, §7575; am L 1949, c 264,…

§440-25 REPEALED. L 2004, c 135, §25.

§440-26 REPEALED. L 1983, c 241, §20.

§440-27 Financial interest in contestant prohibited. (a) No commission member or staff, appointee, or any individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests, nor any officer, partner, or member, may receive any compensation from any person who sanction…

§440-28 Wages of contestant; prepayment prohibited. All moneys paid to a contestant for services, as money prize, reward, compensation, or otherwise, shall be considered wages. No contestant shall be paid for services before a boxing contest, provided that with the approval of th…

§440-29 Limit of weight difference between contestants. No boxing contest shall be allowed in which the difference in weight between the respective contestants exceeds the limits which the boxing commission prescribes in its rules. [L 1929, c 216, §32; RL 1935, §7019; RL 1945, §7…

§§440-3 and 440-4 REPEALED. L 1992, c 202, §§191, 192.

§440-30 Control and supervision of amateur boxing contest. Amateur boxing contests may be placed by the boxing commissioner under the control and supervision of any recognized national amateur athletic association whose standing has first been approved by the commission, subject,…

§440-31 Persons barred as amateur contestants. No person shall appear as a contestant in amateur boxing contests who prior thereto has received any compensation or monetary reward in any form for displaying, exercising, or giving any example of the person's boxing skill or for re…

§440-32 Amateur contestants entitled to medals and trophies only. A medal or trophy may be awarded to each contestant in an amateur boxing contest not to exceed in value the sum of $35 each. The medal or trophy shall have engraved thereon the name of the winner and the date of th…

§440-33 Disposition of receipts. All moneys received by the boxing commission shall be deposited by the director of commerce and consumer affairs with the director of finance to the credit of the general fund of the State. [L 1929, c 216, §36; am L 1933, c 39, §1; RL 1935, §7023;…

§440-34 Violations; penalty. Any individual or club in violation of this chapter or the rules of the commission shall be fined not more than $5,000 for each violation or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. [L 1929, c 216, §39; RL 1935, §7024; RL 1945, §7585; RL 1955, §165…

§440-35 Not to apply to Army, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, or Police Activities League. This chapter shall not apply to any boxing contest held as a recreational activity by Army, Air Force, Navy, or National Guard personnel, or the Police Activities League, when the contest …

§440-36 Revocation; suspension; fine. (a) In addition to any other actions authorized by law, the commission shall have the power to revoke or suspend the license of any individual or club licensed under any of the classifications designated in this chapter, or fine the licensee,…

§440-5 Deputy commissioners. The director may appoint deputy commissioners; provided that the director has the approval of the commission prior to any appointment. The director may remove deputy commissioners after consultation with the commission. The commission may direct the d…

§440-6 Rules. The commission may adopt, amend, and repeal rules that it considers necessary or expedient for the conduct of its business and the regulation of the matters in this chapter committed to its charge. The rules when adopted pursuant to chapter 91 shall have the force a…

§440-7 Other employees. Subject to chapter 76, the department of commerce and consumer affairs may employ clerks, inspectors, and other employees as it deems necessary. [L 1929, c 216, §§7, 9; RL 1935, §6995; RL 1945, §7556; am L 1949, c 264, §3; am L 1951, c 307, §3; RL 1955, §1…

§440-8 Authority to subpoena witnesses, to administer oaths and penalties. The chairperson or the executive officer may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses before the commission, with the same effect as if the subpoenas were issued in an action in the circuit court, a…

§440-8.5 Powers and duties of the commission. In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to provide for the following:

§440-9 Jurisdiction of commission. (a) The commission is vested with the sole jurisdiction, direction, management, and control over all professional and amateur boxing, to be conducted, held, or given within the State. No professional or amateur boxing contest shall be conducted,…