Title 5, Title 5: AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS

5:2A-13. Injunction Whenever it shall appear to the board that a violation of this act or the regulations promulgated thereunder has occurred, is occurring or will occur, the Attorney General, in addition to any other proceeding authorized by law, may seek and obtain in a summary…

5:2A-14. Licensure 14. a. No promoter shall hold or conduct any public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest in the State of New Jersey without first having obtained a license from the board. b. No person s…

5:2A-14.1 Events at casino hotels; licensure of promoter required. 5. No promoter shall hold or conduct any public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest in a casino hotel which is licensed pursuant to or is…

5:2A-14.2. Medical insurance required 9. a. Promoters licensed pursuant to P.L.1985, c.83 (C.5:2A-1 et seq.) shall carry medical insurance covering all extreme wrestlers, professional boxers, kick boxers or combative sports participants whom they promote. b. The cost of the insur…

5:2A-14.3 Professional wrestling events, exhibitions in casino hotels, requirements. 5. No person, club, corporation, or association, and in the case of a corporation no officer, director, employee or stockholder thereof, who produces, arranges or stages any professional wrestlin…

5:2A-15. Licensure of boxers a. The board shall not grant a license to any person who does not possess good character, honesty, integrity and responsibility. b. No license shall be granted or renewed if the applicant has been delinquent in paying tax which has been assessed pursu…

5:2A-16. Bond required Before any license is granted or renewed pursuant to subsection a. of section 14 of this act, the applicant shall execute and file with the board a bond to the State of New Jersey in an amount, not less than $10,000.00, to be fixed by the board, conditioned…

5:2A-17. Authority of board to discipline licenses 17. a. The board may revoke any license, after hearing for cause. The board may discipline any licensee who shall violate any of the provisions of this act or the regulations made pursuant thereto. This discipline may take the fo…

5:2A-18. Permit required by promoter 18. a. No boxing, wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest shall be held by any promoter unless the promoter shall have, at least two weeks before the holding of the same, notified the board, in such…

5:2A-18.1. Ringside physicians, ambulance required 6. No extreme wrestling, boxing, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest shall commence or proceed unless two qualified physicians designated by the council shall be at ringside for each extreme …

5:2A-18.2. Ophthalmological, neurological examination Upon the recommendation of a ringside physician, each boxer, kick boxer or combative sports participant shall be required to undergo an ophthalmological and neurological examination after each exhibition, event, performance or…

5:2A-19. State Athletic Control Board Account a. There is created and established a nonlapsing dedicated account to be known as the State Athletic Control Board Account. The account shall be credited with taxes, revenue and penalties collected pursuant to this act. b. Amounts rec…

5:2A-2. Findings, declarations 2. The Legislature finds and declares to be the public policy of this State that it is in the best interest of the public and of boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing and combative sports that boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick b…

5:2A-20. Tax on complimentary tickets, receipts 20. a. Every promoter shall, within seven days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after the conclusion of an exhibition, event, performance or contest, furnish to the board at such place as it may prescribe, a duly…

5:2A-21. Approval of printers Tickets for all exhibitions, events, performances or contests authorized by the board shall be obtained from a printer approved by the board. For the purpose of this act and for the prevention of fraud, the board shall prescribe rules and regulations…

5:2A-22. Authority of Attorney General relative to casino licensee 22. a. The Attorney General is authorized to investigate and prosecute any allegation of criminal or civil violations pertaining to any boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibit…

5:2A-23. $1,000 penalty Any person violating any of the provisions of this act for which no specific penalty or other remedy is provided, or in any way aiding, abetting or assisting in such a violation, shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000.00. L. 1985, c. 83, s. 23.

5:2A-24. School exemption The provisions of this act shall not apply with respect to a boxing, wrestling, kick boxing or combative sports exhibition, event, performance or contest in which school pupils or instructors are the only participants, except that this exemption shall ap…

5:2A-25. Study, report The board shall adopt rules and regulations concerning the conduct of a study into the advisability of the use of thumbless gloves and the use of headgear in boxing events and shall report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature within 12 months af…

5:2A-26. Scoring in writing At the conclusion of each round in any boxing event, the judges shall provide their respective scoring of the round in writing to the commissioner or his designee. L. 1985, c. 83, s. 26.

5:2A-27. Restrictions on promoters A person promoting a boxing event shall have no financial dealings, directly or indirectly, with a manager or a boxer who is engaged in an event promoted by the person, nor shall such a person promote a boxing event in which the manager or the b…

5:2A-28. No cash payments No official or appointee of the board who receives compensation for the performance of duties at a boxing exhibition, event, performance or contest shall be paid in cash. Payment for those services shall be only by check issued by the board. L. 1985, c. …

5:2A-29. Inspection of training facilities The board shall make periodic inspections of training facilities in this State. L. 1985, c. 83, s. 29.

5:2A-3 State Athletic Control Board. 3. a. There is created and established within the Department of Law and Public Safety a State Athletic Control Board. The board shall consist of three public members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms…

5:2A-30. Agency transfer act applicable The transfer directed by this act shall be made in accordance with the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L. 1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L. 1985, c. 83, s. 32.

5:2A-31. Existing licenses Nothing in this act shall affect the validity of any license heretofore issued to any person by the State Athletic Commissioner, but all persons holding such licenses shall in all other respects be subject to the provisions of this act. L. 1985, c. 83, …

5:2A-4. Authority of State Athletic Control Board 4. a. The State Athletic Control Board shall have and exercise sole discretion, management, control and supervision over all public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing and combative sports exhibitions, events, perfor…

5:2A-5. Commissioner, other personnel a. The board shall appoint a commissioner, who shall be the chief executive officer of the board and assist the board and be responsible for the proper implementation of board directives and policies and for the discharge of such duties and r…

5:2A-6. Restrictions on board members, employees, agents a. No board member or employee shall be permitted to accept complimentaries or gratuities in any form from any licensee or applicant for licensure under this act or from any person or entity which is either licensed pursuan…

5:2A-6.1. Prohibited officeholding 4. No board member, employee or agent, including the commissioner, shall hold an office or position in any body, organization, association or federation which is established for the purpose of sanctioning boxing, professional wrestling, wrestlin…

5:2A-7. Responsibilities of board 7. The board shall have general responsibility for the implementation of this act, as hereinafter provided, including without limitation, the responsibility: a. To issue licenses and to decide causes affecting the granting, suspension, revocation…

5:2A-8. Medical advisory council a. A State Athletic Control Board Medical Advisory Council is created to assist the board. It shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor. Of the members first appointed by the Governor, three shall be appointed for terms of one…

5:2A-8.1. Temporary bans If a boxer, kick boxer or combative sports participant has competed anywhere in a bout, he shall not be permitted to box or engage in his sport in this State until 30 days have elapsed since his last bout or a period of time to be determined by the commis…

5:2A-9. Investigations a. The board may make or cause to be made such investigations as it shall deem proper in the administration of this act or the rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to the act, including but not limited to examination of the books, records, documents, p…