Florida Statutes Title XXXIII Chapter 548 - Pugilistic Exhibitions

• 548.001 - Short Title.
  Sections 548.001-548.079 shall be known and may be cited as the “Joe Lang Kershaw Act.”History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
• 548.002 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Amateur” means a person who has never received nor competed for any purse or other article of value, either...
• 548.003 - Florida State Boxing Commission.
  (1) The Florida State Boxing Commission is created and is assigned to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for administrative and fiscal accountability purposes only....
• 548.004 - Executive Director; Duties, Compensation, Administrative Support.
  (1) The department shall employ an executive director with the approval of the commission. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The...
• 548.005 - Oversight Of The Commission; Long-range Policy Planning; Plans, Reports, And Recommendations.
  (1) The department shall exercise oversight of the activities of the commission to the extent necessary to facilitate the requirements of this section.(2) To facilitate efficient and...
• 548.006 - Power Of Commission To Control Professional And Amateur Boxing, Kickboxing, And Mixed Martial Arts Matches; Certification Of Competitiveness Of Professional Mixed Martial Arts And Kickboxing Matches.
  (1) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over every boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts match held within the state which involves a professional.(2) As to professional mixed...
• 548.0065 - Amateur Matches; Sanctioning And Supervision; Health And Safety Standards; Compliance Checks; Continuation, Suspension, And Revocation Of Sanctioning Approval.
  (1) No match involving amateurs which utilizes, but is not necessarily limited to, strikes or blows to the head may be held in this state unless...
• 548.007 - Exemptions.
  This chapter does not apply to any of the following:(1) A match that does not allow full contact if the match is limited to amateur participants.(2) A...
• 548.008 - Prohibited Competitions.
  (1) No match involving amateurs which utilizes, but is not necessarily limited to, strikes or blows to the head may be held in this state unless...
• 548.011 - Power Of Commission To Issue, Withhold, Suspend, Or Revoke Licenses And Permits.
  The commission has exclusive jurisdiction to issue, withhold, suspend, or revoke any license or permit provided for in this chapter.History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s....
• 548.012 - Promoter’s License.
  (1) A promoter may not, directly or indirectly, promote any match involving a professional, unless the promoter has been issued a license therefor by the commission.(2) A...
• 548.014 - Promoters; Bonds Or Other Security.
  (1)(a) Before a license is issued or renewed to a promoter and before a permit is issued to a promoter, she or he must file a...
• 548.017 - Participants, Managers, And Other Persons Required To Have Licenses.
  (1) A participant, manager, trainer, second, timekeeper, referee, judge, announcer, physician, matchmaker, or promoter must be licensed before directly or indirectly acting in such capacity in...
• 548.021 - Applications For Licenses And Permits.
  (1) An application for a license or a permit must:(a) Be in writing on a form supplied by the commission which shall contain the applicant’s social security...
• 548.022 - Oral Examinations.
  The commission may require any applicant or any officer, director, employee, or stockholder of a corporate applicant, before taking action on her or his application,...
• 548.024 - Background Investigation Of Applicants For Licensure.
  If the commission requires a background criminal history investigation of any applicant, it shall require the applicant to submit to the department fingerprints for this...
• 548.025 - License Fees.
  The commission shall set license fees as follows:(1) Promoter, matchmaker—not to exceed $500.(2) Any other license—not to exceed $100.History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 4, ch. 91-429;...
• 548.026 - Duration Of License.
  Each license shall expire on December 31 next following the date on which it was issued.History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 4, ch. 91-429.
• 548.028 - Refusal To Issue License.
  The commission shall not issue a license to:(1) Any person or business entity that has been convicted of any act, or that has a trustee, partner,...
• 548.032 - Permit For Program Of Matches.
  In addition to a promoter’s license, a promoter must procure a permit for each program of matches before presenting that program. Each application for a...
• 548.033 - Local Prohibiting Ordinance.
  A permit may not be issued for a match to be held within any political subdivision of this state that has adopted a local ordinance...
• 548.035 - Permit Fees.
  The commission shall set permit fees for professional matches at $1,800 per event. For purposes of this section, an “event” is one or more matches...
• 548.037 - Admissions Not To Exceed Seating Capacity.
  It is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any promoter to sell or cause to...
• 548.041 - Age, Condition, And Suspension Of Participants.
  (1) A person may not be licensed as a participant, and the license of a participant shall be suspended or revoked, if such person:(a) Is under the...
• 548.042 - Participation Under Fictitious Name.
  A person may not participate under a fictitious or assumed name in any match unless she or he has registered the name with the commission.History.—ss....
• 548.043 - Weights And Classes, Limitations; Gloves.
  (1) The commission shall establish classes of participants based upon weights.(2) The commission shall establish by rule the acceptable difference in weight between participants; however, the maximum...
• 548.046 - Physician’s Attendance At Match; Examinations; Cancellation Of Match.
  (1) The commission, or the commission representative, shall assign to each match at least one physician who shall observe the physical condition of the participants and...
• 548.047 - Duty Of Licensee To Disclose Condition Of Participant.
  A licensee shall disclose all information in her or his possession concerning any mental or physical disability, injury, illness, or incapacity of a participant in...
• 548.049 - Medical, Surgical, And Hospital Insurance; Life Insurance.
  (1) The commission shall, by rule, require participants to be covered by not less than $20,000 of insurance for medical, surgical, and hospital care required as...
• 548.05 - Control Of Contracts.
  (1) The commission shall adopt rules governing the form and content of contracts executed in this state between managers and participants. All such contracts shall be...
• 548.052 - Payment Of Advances By Promoter Regulated.
  A promoter may not pay, lend, or give a participant an advance against her or his purse before a contest, except with the prior written...
• 548.053 - Distribution Of Purses To Participants; Statements.
  (1) Unless otherwise directed by a representative of the commission, all purses shall be distributed by the promoter no later than 24 hours after the match....
• 548.054 - Withholding Of Purses; Hearing; Disposition Of Withheld Purse Forfeiture.
  (1) A member of the commission, the commission representative, or the referee may order a promoter to surrender to the commission any purse or other funds...
• 548.056 - Prohibited Financial Interests In Participant; Penalties.
  (1) A member of the commission; an employee of the commission; a referee or judge licensed by the commission; or an attending physician may not have...
• 548.057 - Attendance Of Referee And Judges At Match; Scoring; Seconds.
  (1) At each boxing match involving a participant, except at an exhibition held solely for training purposes, at the expense of the promoter, a referee designated...
• 548.058 - Sham Or Collusive Contest Prohibited.
  (1) No person shall knowingly conduct, participate in, or be connected with a match which is represented to be a contest if one or both of...
• 548.06 - Payments To State; Exemptions; Audit Of Records.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (5), a promoter holding a match shall, within 72 hours after the match, file with the commission a written report...
• 548.062 - Public Records Exemption.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “proprietary confidential business information” means information that:(a) Is owned or controlled by the promoter;(b) The promoter intends to be and...
• 548.064 - Destruction Of Ticket Or Ticket Stub.
  It is a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, for any promoter or person associated with or...
• 548.066 - Ticket Refunds.
  (1) Upon the postponement, substitution of either participant, or cancellation of the main event or the entire program of matches, the promoter shall refund the full...
• 548.069 - Age Of Spectators.
  A person under 16 years of age may not attend a match unless such person is accompanied by an adult or unless the exhibition is...
• 548.07 - Suspension Of License Or Permit By Commissioner; Hearing.
  (1) The commission, the executive director, or the executive director’s designee may issue an emergency suspension order pursuant to s. 120.60(6) suspending the license of a...
• 548.071 - Suspension Or Revocation Of License Or Permit By Commission.
  The commission may suspend or revoke a license or permit if the commission finds that the licensee or permittee:(1) Is guilty of violating this chapter or...
• 548.073 - Commission Hearings.
  All hearings held under this chapter shall be held in accordance with chapter 120.History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 15, ch.
• 548.074 - Power To Administer Oaths, Take Depositions, And Issue Subpoenas.
  For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter, the department shall have the power to administer oaths, take depositions, make...
• 548.075 - Administrative Fines; Citations.
  (1) The commission may impose a fine of not more than $5,000 for any violation of this chapter in lieu of or in addition to any...
• 548.076 - Cease And Desist Notices.
  When the department has probable cause to believe that any person not licensed by the commission has violated any provision of this chapter, or any...
• 548.077 - Florida State Boxing Commission; Collection And Disposition Of Moneys.
  All fees, fines, forfeitures, and other moneys collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the commission to the Chief Financial Officer...
• 548.079 - Misdemeanors.
  Unless otherwise specified, any person convicted of any offense set forth in this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as...

Last modified: September 23, 2016