Title BSW, Boxing, Sparring and Wrestling Ch. 912/20

* Regulation of Boxing, Sparring and Wrestling--Chapter 912 of 1920\n *§ 1. State athletic commission. The state boxing commission is\ncontinued as a division in the department of state under the name of the\nstate athletic commission. The commission shall consist of three membe…

* § 10. License fees; term of licenses; renewals. Each applicant for a\nlicense shall, before a license is issued by the commission, pay to the\ncommission, an annual license fee as follows: corporations in cities of\nthe first class, where the seating capacity is not more than …

* § 11. Application for license; fingerprints. 1. Every application\nfor a license shall be in writing, shall be addressed to the commission,\nshall be subscribed by the applicant, and affirmed by him as true under\nthe penalties of perjury, and shall set forth such facts as the…

* § 12. Standards for the issuance of licenses.\n 1. If in the judgment of the commission the financial responsibility,\nexperience, character and general fitness of an applicant, including in\nthe case of corporations its officers and stockholders, are such that\nthe participat…

* § 13. Financial interest in boxer prohibited. No corporation or\nperson shall have, either directly or indirectly, any financial interest\nin a boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the corporation or\nperson, or in which such corporation or person is otherwise intere…

* § 14. Payments not to be made before contests. No contestant in a\nboxing or sparring match or exhibition shall be paid for services before\nthe contest, and should it be determined by the commission that such\ncontestant did not give an honest exhibition of his skill, such se…

* § 15. Sham or collusive exhibitions. Any person, including any\ncorporation and the officers thereof, any physician, referee, judge,\ntimekeeper, boxer, manager, trainer or second, who shall promote,\nconduct, give or participate in any sham or collusive boxing or sparring\nma…

* § 16. Imposition of penalties for violations. Any corporation,\nperson or persons, licensed under the provisions of this chapter, that\nshall willfully violate any rule or order of the commission or any\nprovision of this chapter, in addition to any other penalty by law\npresc…

* § 17. Revocation or suspension of licenses. (a) Any license issued\nunder the provisions of this act may be revoked or suspended by the\ncommission for the reason therein stated, that the licensee has, in the\njudgment of the commission, been guilty of an act detrimental to th…

* 18. Advertising matter to state admission price. It shall be the\nduty of every person or corporation promoting or conducting a boxing or\nsparring match or exhibition subject to the provisions of this chapter\nto cause to be inserted in each show card, bill, poster, newspaper…

* § 19. Tickets to indicate purchase price. All tickets of admission\nto any boxing, sparring or professional wrestling match or exhibition\nshall be controlled by the provisions of article 25 of the arts and\ncultural affairs law. It shall be unlawful for any person or corporat…

* § 2. Officers and employees. The commission may appoint, and at\npleasure remove, deputies who shall be paid a salary within budgetary\nappropriations and all necessary expenses for traveling and maintenance\nincurred by them in the performance of their official duties outside…

* § 20. Equipment of buildings for exhibitions. All buildings or\nstructures used or intended to be used for holding or giving boxing,\nsparring or professional wrestling matches or exhibitions shall be\nproperly ventilated and provided with fire exits and fire escapes, and\nin …

* § 21. Age of participants and spectators. No person under the age of\neighteen years shall participate in any professional boxing, sparring or\nprofessional wrestling match or exhibition, and no person under sixteen\nyears of age shall be permitted to attend thereat as a spect…

* § 22. Weights; classes and rules. The weights and classes of boxers\nand the rules and regulations of boxing shall be prescribed by the\ncommission.\n * NB Repealed September 1, 2016\n

* § 23. Regulation of conduct of matches or exhibitions. 1. No boxing\nor sparring match or exhibition shall be of more than twelve rounds in\nlength, such rounds to be not more than three minutes each; and no boxer\nshall be allowed to participate in more than twelve rounds wit…

* § 24. Rings. No boxing contest or exhibition or training activity\nshall be permitted in any ring unless such ring has been inspected and\napproved by the commission. The commission shall prescribe standard\nacceptable size and quality requirements for rings and appurtenances\…

* § 25. Examination by physician; cost. 1. All boxers must be examined\nby a physician designated by the commission before entering the ring and\neach such physician shall immediately file with the commission a written\nreport of such examination. The cost of any such examinatio…

* § 26. Physician to be in attendance; powers of such physician. 1. It\nshall be the duty of every person or corporation licensed to conduct a\nboxing or sparring match or exhibition, to have in attendance at every\nboxing or sparring match or exhibition, at least one physician\…

* § 27. Bond. Before a license shall be granted to a person or\ncorporation to conduct a boxing or sparring match or exhibition, the\napplicant shall execute and file with the comptroller a bond in an\namount to be determined by the commission, to be approved as to form and\nsuf…

* § 28. Bond for purses, salaries and other expenses. In addition to\nthe bond required by section twenty-seven, each applicant for a license\nto conduct a boxing or sparring match or exhibition shall execute and\nfile with the comptroller a bond in an amount to be determined by…

* § 28-a. Duty to provide insurance for licensed boxers and\nprofessional wrestlers. 1. All persons, parties or corporations having\nlicenses as promoters or who are licensed in accordance with section\n28-b of this act shall continuously provide insurance for the protection\nof…

* § 28-b. Professional wrestling; promoters. 1. For the purposes of\nthis act, "professional wrestling" shall mean an activity in which\nparticipants struggle hand-in-hand primarily for the purpose of\nproviding entertainment to spectators and which does not comprise a bona\nfid…

* § 29. Notice of contest or exhibition; collection of tax. 1. Every\nindividual, corporation, association or club holding any professional or\namateur boxing, sparring or professional wrestling match or exhibition,\nfor which an admission fee is charged or received, shall notif…

* § 3. Subpoenas by commission; oaths. The commission shall have\nauthority to issue, under the hand of its chairman, and the seal of the\ncommission, subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses before the\ncommission. A subpoena issued under this section shall be regulated by\nth…

* § 30. Disposition of receipts. All receipts of the commission shall\nbe paid into the state treasury. Provided, however, that receipts from\nthe tax imposed by article nineteen of the tax law shall be deposited as\nprovided by section one hundred seventy-one-a of the tax law.\…

* § 31. Exceptions. The provisions of this act except as provided in\nsection 29 of this act shall not be construed to apply to any sparring\nor boxing contest or exhibition conducted under the supervision or the\ncontrol of the New York state national guard or naval militia whe…

* § 32. Safety headgear. The commission shall undertake a study of\nvarious types of safety headgear that may be used by boxers during the\ncourse of a contest or bout. The commission shall develop, or shall\ncontract to develop, a safety headgear prototype during the course, an…

* § 33. Misdemeanor. Any person or corporation who directly or\nindirectly conducts, holds or gives boxing or sparring matches or\nexhibitions or participates either directly or indirectly in any boxing\nor sparring match or exhibition as a referee, judge, match-maker,\ntimekeep…

* § 34. Regulation of boxing contracts and promotion of matches. 1. No\nprofessional boxing match may occur in the state unless the organization\nthat promotes, sanctions or otherwise participates in the proposition,\nselection, or arrangement of one or more boxers for a contest…

* § 4. Medical advisory board. 1. A medical advisory board is hereby\ncreated in the division of the state athletic commission, to consist of\nnine members, to be appointed by the governor. Of the members first\nappointed by the governor, three shall be appointed for terms of on…

* § 5. Boxing and professional wrestling exhibitions authorized. No\nboxing, sparring or professional wrestling matches or exhibitions shall\nbe conducted, held or given within the state except in accordance with\nthe provisions of this act. The commission shall direct a deputy …

* § 5-a. Combative sports. 1. A "combative sport" shall mean any\nprofessional match or exhibition other than boxing, sparring, wrestling\nor martial arts wherein the contestants deliver, or are not forbidden by\nthe applicable rules thereof from delivering kicks, punches or blo…

* § 6. Jurisdiction of commission. 1. The commission shall have and\nhereby is vested with the sole direction, management, control and\njurisdiction over all such boxing and sparring matches or exhibitions to\nbe conducted, held or given within the state of New York and over all…

* § 7. Corporations and persons required to procure licenses;\nprofessional boxer defined. Except as otherwise provided in sections 9\nand 9-a of this chapter, with respect to all boxing or sparring matches\nor exhibitions in this state, all corporations, persons, referees,\njud…

* § 7-a. Regulation of judges. 1. Judges for any contest under the\njurisdiction of the commission shall be selected by the commission from\na list of qualified licensed judges maintained by the commission.\n 2. Any boxer or manager may protest the assignment of a judge to a\nco…

* § 8. License to corporations. 1. a. The commission may, in its\ndiscretion, issue a license to conduct, hold or give boxing or sparring\nmatches or exhibitions, subject to the provisions hereof, to any person\nor corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the state of New…

* § 9. Temporary working permits. The commission shall issue temporary\nworking permits to box office employees, ushers, ticket takers and\ndoormen good for employment at a single exhibition of boxing, sparring\nor professional wrestling, at a stated time and place. The fee for …

* § 9-a. Temporary working permits for boxers, managers, trainers and\nseconds. The commission may issue temporary working permits to\nprofessional boxers, their managers, trainers and seconds. A temporary\nworking permit shall authorize the employment of the holder of such\nper…

* § 9-b. Temporary training facilities. Any training facility\nproviding contact sparring established and maintained on a temporary\nbasis for the purpose of preparing a professional boxer or for a\nspecific boxing or sparring match or exhibition to be conducted, held or\ngiven …