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92_HB5287

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Professional Boxing  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 10 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 105/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5010)
 7        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
 8        Sec.  10.   Required  licenses. Who must be licensed.  In
 9    order  to  participate  in  boxing  contests,  the  following
10    persons must each be licensed and in good standing  with  the
11    Department:  (a) promoters, (b) contestants, (c) seconds, (d)
12    referees, (e) judges, (f) managers, (g) matchmakers, and  (h)
13    timekeepers.
14        Announcers  may  participate  in  boxing contests without
15    being  licensed  under   this   Act.    It   shall   be   the
16    responsibility  of  the  promoter  to  ensure that announcers
17    comply  with  the  Act,  and  all   rules   and   regulations
18    promulgated pursuant to this Act.
19        A  licensed  promoter  may  not  act  as,  and  cannot be
20    licensed as, a second, boxer, referee, timekeeper, judge,  or
21    manager.   If  he  or  she  is  so  licensed,  he or she must
22    relinquish any  of  these  licenses  to  the  Department  for
23    cancellation.  A person possessing a valid promoter's license
24    may act as a matchmaker.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00; 92-499, eff. 1-1-02.)

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