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HB 1228 Boxing and wrestling events; provisions for sanctioning organizations.

Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; boxing and wrestling events; sanctioning organizations. Enhances the conflict of interest provisions for sanctioning organizations required for approval by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR). The bill (i) reduces the compliance burden on sanctioning organizations by including specific participant safety criteria rather than referencing the entire law governing boxing and wrestling events, (ii) prohibits gate fees for amateur-only events conducted by sanctioning organizations, (iii) establishes an annual application fee of $500, (iv) clarifies that amateur-only events may be conducted only under the purview of sanctioning organizations authorized by the Director of DPOR, and (v) exempts amateur boxing from regulation. The bill includes an emergency clause.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; boxing and wrestling events; sanctioning organizations. Enhances the conflict of interest provisions for sanctioning organizations required for approval by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR). The bill (i) reduces the compliance burden on sanctioning organizations by including specific participant safety criteria rather than referencing the entire law governing boxing and wrestling events, (ii) prohibits gate fees for amateur-only events conducted by sanctioning organizations, (iii) establishes an annual application fee of $500, (iv) clarifies that amateur-only events may be conducted only under the purview of sanctioning organizations authorized by the Director of DPOR, and (v) exempts amateur boxing from regulation. The bill includes an emergency clause.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; boxing and wrestling events; sanctioning organizations. Enhances the conflict of interest provisions for sanctioning organizations required for approval by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and limits the requirements for such approval to those matters set forth in § 54.1-829.1 and not the entire law governing boxing and wrestling matches. The bill provides that any sanctioning organization seeking approval shall make a written application on a form prescribed by the Director. The annual application shall be accompanied by a fee of $150, which shall adjust every five years, as of January 1 of that year, in an amount equal to the annual increases for that five-year period in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The bill also provides that the Commonwealth, the Director, the Department, and any employee or representative thereof shall be indemnified and held harmless from any liability resulting from or caused by an approved sanctioning organization or persons conducting activities on behalf of an approved sanctioning organization.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; boxing and wrestling events; sanctioning organizations. Enhances the conflict of interest provisions for sanctioning organizations required for approval by the Director of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and limits the requirements for such approval to those matters set forth in § 54.1-829.1 and not the entire law governing boxing and wrestling matches.