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4. a. The State Athletic Control Board shall have and exercise sole discretion, management, control and supervision over all public boxing, wrestling, extreme wrestling, kick boxing and combative sports exhibitions, events, performances and contests. The board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this act and for the proper discharge of its responsibilities hereunder and may prescribe and enforce penalties for the violation thereof.

b. The board shall promulgate rules that differentiate an extreme wrestler from a professional wrestler, and an extreme wrestling event from a professional wrestling event. If a person is unsure whether he or she is an extreme wrestler, or if a promoter is unsure whether the event being promoted is an extreme wrestling event, it shall be the obligation of the person or the promoter, as appropriate, to consult the board for a ruling.

L.1985,c.83,s.4; amended 2000, c.124, s.3.

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