Full Text of HB1646 99th General Assembly
HB1646sam002 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. David Koehler Filed: 5/27/2016
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1646
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1646, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act is | 6 | | amended by changing Sections 1 and 6 and adding Section 8.5 as | 7 | | follows:
| 8 | | (225 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5001)
| 9 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 10 | | Sec. 1. Short title and definitions.
| 11 | | (a) This Act may be cited as the Boxing and Full-contact | 12 | | Martial Arts Act.
| 13 | | (b) As used in this Act:
| 14 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and
| 15 | | Professional Regulation.
| 16 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and |
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| 1 | | Professional Regulation.
| 2 | | "Board" means the State of Illinois Athletic Board
| 3 | | established pursuant to this Act.
| 4 | | "License" means the license issued for
promoters,
| 5 | | professionals, or officials
in accordance with this Act.
| 6 | | "Professional contest" means a
boxing or full-contact | 7 | | martial arts competition in which all of the participants | 8 | | competing against one another are professionals and where | 9 | | the public is able to attend or a fee is charged.
| 10 | | "Permit" means the authorization from the Department | 11 | | to a
promoter
to conduct professional or amateur contests, | 12 | | or a combination of both.
| 13 | | "Promoter" means a person who is licensed and
who
holds | 14 | | a permit to conduct professional or amateur contests, or a | 15 | | combination of both.
| 16 | | Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" | 17 | | includes, but is not limited to, an individual,
| 18 | | association, organization, business entity, gymnasium, or | 19 | | club.
| 20 | | "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department who | 21 | | is
located at ringside or adjacent to the fighting area
| 22 | | during a professional contest
and who has the | 23 | | responsibility of scoring the performance of the
| 24 | | participants in that professional contest.
| 25 | | "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department who
| 26 | | has the
general
supervision of
and is present inside of the |
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| 1 | | ring or fighting area during a professional contest.
| 2 | | "Amateur" means a person registered by the Department | 3 | | who is not competing for, and has never received or
| 4 | | competed for, any
purse or other
article of value, directly | 5 | | or indirectly, either for participating in any contest | 6 | | covered by this Act or for the
expenses of training | 7 | | therefor ,
other than a non-monetary prize that does not | 8 | | exceed $50 in value or a stipend for an athletic club or | 9 | | sponsor of the contestant to cover the cost of training and | 10 | | participation expenses not to exceed $1,500 .
| 11 | | "Professional" means a person licensed by the
| 12 | | Department who
competes for a
money prize, purse, or other | 13 | | type of compensation in a professional contest held in
| 14 | | Illinois.
| 15 | | "Second" means a person licensed by the Department who | 16 | | is
present at any professional
contest to provide | 17 | | assistance or advice to a professional during the contest.
| 18 | | "Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the Department | 19 | | who
brings
together professionals to compete in
contests.
| 20 | | "Manager" means a person licensed by the Department who | 21 | | is
not a
promoter and
who, under contract, agreement, or | 22 | | other arrangement, undertakes
to, directly or
indirectly, | 23 | | control or administer the affairs of professionals.
| 24 | | "Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the Department | 25 | | who
is the
official timer of
the length of rounds and the | 26 | | intervals between the rounds.
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| 1 | | "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other
| 2 | | remuneration for
which contestants
are participating in a | 3 | | professional contest.
| 4 | | "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | 5 | | medicine
in all its
branches under the Medical Practice Act | 6 | | of 1987.
| 7 | | "Martial arts" means a discipline or combination of | 8 | | different disciplines that utilizes sparring techniques | 9 | | without the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate | 10 | | one's opponent, such as, but not limited to, Karate, Kung | 11 | | Fu, Judo, Jujutsu, Tae Kwon Do, and Kyuki-Do. | 12 | | "Full-contact martial arts" means the use of a singular | 13 | | discipline or a combination of techniques , including, but | 14 | | not limited to, mixed martial arts and kickboxing, from | 15 | | different disciplines of the martial arts, including, | 16 | | without limitation, full-force grappling, kicking, and | 17 | | striking with the intent to injure, disable, or | 18 | | incapacitate one's opponent.
| 19 | | "Amateur contest" means a boxing or full-contact | 20 | | martial arts competition in which all of the participants | 21 | | competing against one another are amateurs and where the | 22 | | public is able to attend or a fee is charged. | 23 | | "Contestant" means a person who competes in either a | 24 | | boxing or full-contact martial arts contest. | 25 | | "Address of record" means the designated address | 26 | | recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's |
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| 1 | | application file, license file, or registration file as | 2 | | maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | 3 | | It is the duty of the applicant or licensee to inform the | 4 | | Department of any change of address and those changes must | 5 | | be made either through the Department's website or by | 6 | | contacting the Department. | 7 | | "Bout" means one match between 2 contestants. | 8 | | "Sanctioning body" means an organization approved by | 9 | | the Department under the requirements and standards stated | 10 | | in this Act and the rules adopted under this Act to act as | 11 | | a governing body that sanctions professional or amateur | 12 | | contests. | 13 | | "Incumbent sanctioning body" means an organization | 14 | | that notifies the Department in writing that it is a | 15 | | recognized sanctioning body in more than 10 American | 16 | | states. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-663, eff. 8-25-09; 97-119, eff. 7-14-11; | 18 | | 97-1123, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 19 | | (225 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 5006)
| 20 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 21 | | Sec. 6. Restricted contests and events. | 22 | | (a) All professional and amateur contests, or a combination | 23 | | of both, in which
physical contact is made are prohibited in | 24 | | Illinois unless authorized by the Department pursuant to the | 25 | | requirements and standards stated in this Act and the rules |
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| 1 | | adopted pursuant to this Act. This subsection (a) does not | 2 | | apply to any of the following qualified entities : | 3 | | (1) Amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | 4 | | contests conducted by accredited secondary schools, | 5 | | colleges, or universities, although a fee may be charged. | 6 | | (2) Amateur boxing contests that are sanctioned by USA | 7 | | Boxing or any other sanctioning organization approved by | 8 | | the Association of Boxing Commissions. | 9 | | (3) Amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | 10 | | contests sponsored conducted by a State, county, or | 11 | | municipal entity and conducted by a sanctioning body | 12 | | approved under this Act . | 13 | | (4) Amateur martial arts contests that are not defined | 14 | | as full-contact martial arts contests under this Act, | 15 | | including, but not limited to, Karate, Kung Fu, Judo, | 16 | | Jujutsu, Tae Kwon Do, and Kyuki-Do. | 17 | | (5) Full-contact martial arts
contests, as defined by | 18 | | this Act, that are recognized by
the International Olympic | 19 | | Committee or are contested in
the Olympic Games and are not | 20 | | conducted in an enclosed
fighting area or ring. | 21 | | (6) Amateur boxing, martial arts, or full-contact | 22 | | martial arts contests that are sponsored by a | 23 | | not-for-profit organization and conducted by a sanctioning | 24 | | body approved under this Act. | 25 | | No other amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | 26 | | contests shall be permitted unless authorized by the |
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| 1 | | Department. | 2 | | (b) The Department shall have the authority to determine | 3 | | whether a professional or amateur contest is exempt for | 4 | | purposes of this Section.
| 5 | | (c) A qualified entity exempt from Department oversight | 6 | | must notify the Department of its intent to sponsor events | 7 | | covered under this Act and assumes all liabilities for events | 8 | | sponsored and conducted pursuant to this Section. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-663, eff. 8-25-09; 97-119, eff. 7-14-11; | 10 | | 97-1123, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 11 | | (225 ILCS 105/8.5 new) | 12 | | Sec. 8.5. Sanctioning bodies. A sanctioning body must apply | 13 | | for approved status with the Department. Within 15 business | 14 | | days of an application, the Department must send written | 15 | | correspondence to the applicant of the procedures required for | 16 | | its approval or disapproval, including at least 2 meetings of | 17 | | the Board for the review of the application. The correspondence | 18 | | must include, but is not limited to, dates for board meetings, | 19 | | required amendments to the application for compliance, and | 20 | | paperwork filing requirements. The approval process may not | 21 | | exceed 4 months from the date the applicant filed for approved | 22 | | status. | 23 | | An incumbent sanctioning body that is registered by the | 24 | | Department shall have all the rights and privileges of a | 25 | | sanctioning body as defined in this Act. |
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| 1 | | Notwithstanding this Section, all authority given to the | 2 | | Department and the Board to review and deny a sanctioning body | 3 | | for violations of health and safety standards covered within | 4 | | this Act apply.
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.".
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