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Title 05. Amusements And Sports


Published: 2015

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Title 05. AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
Chapter 05.05. ATHLETIC COMMISSION

Sec. 05.05.010. Creation and duties of athletic commission.

 (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 commissioners shall be appointed for overlapping four-year terms. Members of the commission serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall be selected on the basis of their known interest in and knowledge of athletics in the state.

 (b) The commission shall act in an advisory capacity to the commissioner of athletics and shall perform other duties assigned to it by the commissioner.

Sec. 05.05.020. Commissioner of athletics.

 (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 shall, with the aid and counsel of the commission, adopt regulations governing athletics and athletic programs and contests as the commissioner considers necessary, expedient, and appropriate. The regulations have the force and effect of law.

Sec. 05.05.030. Professional and semi-professional athletic programs.

 (a) [Repealed, Sec. 35 ch 126 SLA 1994].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 supervise all boxing and wrestling events in the member's area unless an official inspector attends the event under AS 05.10.110 . A member may attend other athletic events in the member's area that the member considers necessary. A member may provide for the attendance of a physician whose fees shall be paid for by the promoter or manager of the event.

Sec. 05.05.040. Meetings and compensation of athletic commission.

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 for time spent at meetings allowed by law or by executive order.

Chapter 05.10. BOXING AND WRESTLING

Sec. 05.10.010. Licenses for boxing and wrestling matches.

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 conduct boxing contests, sparring and wrestling matches, and exhibitions under terms and conditions and at times and places as the commission may determine. If the commission refuses to grant a license to an applicant, or cancels a license, the applicant, or the holder of the cancelled license may, upon application, have a hearing under the provisions of AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

Sec. 05.10.020. Power of commission.

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 provisions of this chapter.

Sec. 05.10.030. License for contest at which admission is charged; exemption for student contests.

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 contests, sparring or wrestling matches or exhibitions conducted by an elementary school, high school, college, or university, whether public or private, or by the official student association thereof, whether on or off the school, college, or university grounds, where all the participating contestants are bona fide students enrolled in an elementary school, high school, college, or university, inside the state, are not subject to this chapter.

Sec. 05.10.040. Examination of participants in nonlicensed contests.

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 participate.

Sec. 05.10.050. Regulations applicable to educational institutions.

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.

Sec. 05.10.060. License required.

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.

Sec. 05.10.070. Application for license.

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 accompanied by an annual license fee of $100.

Sec. 05.10.080. Duration of license.

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.

Sec. 05.10.090. Licensee bond.

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 performance by the licensee of the provisions of this chapter, the payment of the taxes as provided for in this chapter, and the obeying of all regulations of the commission. The bond is subject to the approval of the attorney general.

Sec. 05.10.100. Statement and report of contest.

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 week after the completion of the contest, the licensee shall file with the Department of Revenue and the commission a written verified report, showing the number of tickets sold for the contest, the price charged for them and the gross proceeds from the sale, and other information the commission requires.

Sec. 05.10.110. Inspectors.

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 of the commission evidencing the inspector's authority. The inspector shall see that all regulations of the commission and the provisions of this chapter are strictly complied with and shall be present at the accounting of the gross receipts of the contest. An inspector may receive from the licensee the statement of receipts provided for in this chapter and shall immediately transmit the statement to the commission and to the Department of Revenue. An inspector is entitled to a fee not exceeding $7.50 for each contest officially attended.

Sec. 05.10.120. Annual licenses to participants; fees; designation of referee.

 (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 schedule of annual fees:

 (1) examining physicians, $10;

 (2) managers, $50;

 (3) referees, $10;

 (4) seconds, $10;

 (5) trainers, $10;

 (6) boxers, $10;

 (7) wrestlers, $10.

 (c) This section does not apply to contestants or participants in strictly amateur contests or fraternal organizations or veterans' organizations chartered by congress or a federal department or a bona fide athletic club holding and promoting athletic contests or smokers where all funds are used primarily for the benefit of their members.

 (d) The annual license may be revoked by the commission for cause under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

 (e) The commission shall designate the referee for the contest from among licensed referees.

 (f) A person may not participate or serve in any of the above capacities unless licensed as provided in this chapter.

Sec. 05.10.130. Participation in purse or conducting sham contest.

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 in any sham or fake boxing contest or sparring match or exhibition, forfeits the license granted under this chapter and the commission shall declare the license cancelled and void and the licensee may not thereafter receive another license.