Oregon Statutes - Chapter 463 - Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts and Entertainment Wrestling

• 463.010   [Amended by 1965 c.200 §1; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.015   Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) “Boxing” means a contest between contestants who fight with their fists protected by gloves or mittens fashioned of leather...
• 463.018   Legislative findings.
  The Legislative Assembly finds that the boxing, mixed martial arts and entertainment wrestling industries in this state should be regulated in order to protect the...
• 463.020   [Repealed by 1965 c.200 §12 (463.021 enacted in lieu of 463.020)]
• 463.021   [1965 c.200 §13 (enacted in lieu of 463.020); 1975 c.409 §2; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.023   [1997 c.350 §2; repealed by 2007 c.585 §28]
• 463.025   Licensing of participants, managers and other officials; rules; fees.
  (1) A person may not act as a professional boxer or mixed martial arts competitor, manager of a professional boxer or mixed martial arts competitor,...
• 463.030   [Repealed by 1965 c.200 §14 (463.031 enacted in lieu of 463.030)]
• 463.031   [1965 c.200 §15 (enacted in lieu of 463.030); repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.035   Promoter license required; fees; rules; corporate surety bond.
  (1) A person may not act as a promoter of boxing, mixed martial arts or entertainment wrestling until the person has been licensed pursuant to...
• 463.037   Attendance of commission representatives at boxing matches.
  A boxing match may not take place in this state unless the following Oregon State Athletic Commission representatives are in attendance: (1) One commissioner or...
• 463.040   [Amended by 1963 c.426 §5; 1965 c.200 §2; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.045   [1963 c.426 §2; 1965 c.200 §3; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.047   Assignment of medical personnel to event; certification of contestants.
  (1) The Oregon State Athletic Commission shall assign medical personnel to each boxing or mixed martial arts event held in this state. (2) Prior to...
• 463.050   [Amended by 1963 c.426 §6; 1965 c.200 §4; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.055   [1963 c.426 §4; 1965 c.200 §5; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.060   [Amended by 1963 c.426 §7; 1965 c.200 §6; 1983 c.740 §180; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.110   [Amended by 1987 c.429 §1; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.113   Oregon State Athletic Commission; rules; duties of commission and superintendent.
  (1) There is created in the Department of State Police the Oregon State Athletic Commission, which shall regulate the promotion of all professional boxing, mixed...
• 463.115   [1963 c.426 §3; 1965 c.200 §7; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.120   [Amended by 1963 c.426 §8; 1965 c.200 §8; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.125   Members; term; officers; administrator; qualifications; meetings; voting; expenses.
  (1) The Oregon State Athletic Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Superintendent of State Police for terms of four years. A member...
• 463.130   [Amended by 1955 c.426 §1; 1965 c.200 §9; 1975 c.409 §1; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.135   [1987 c.789 §5; 1991 c.211 §5; repealed by 2007 c.585 §28]
• 463.140   [Amended by 1965 c.200 §10; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.145   Prohibited financial interest or investment.
  (1) A member of the Oregon State Athletic Commission may not have any financial interest or investment in any professional boxer, mixed martial arts competitor...
• 463.149   Oregon State Athletic Commission Medical Advisory Committee; appointment; duties; nomination of ringside physicians.
  (1) There is established an Oregon State Athletic Commission Medical Advisory Committee consisting of five members appointed by the Superintendent of State Police. Members of...
• 463.150   [Amended by 1981 c.376 §1; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.155   Authority of commission to appoint inspectors; duties.
  (1) The Oregon State Athletic Commission shall appoint a sufficient number of inspectors, who shall be paid as determined by the commission. The appointed inspectors...
• 463.160   [Repealed by 1959 c.160 §1]
• 463.165   Authority of superintendent to license officials; qualifications; license denial.
  (1) The Superintendent of State Police shall license referees, judges and timekeepers who shall be assigned to officiate at boxing and mixed martial arts events...
• 463.170   [Amended by 1965 c.200 §11; 1967 c.611 §1; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.175   Objection to contest by city or county; filing with commission.
  Nothing in this chapter prevents any county or city from objecting to the holding of, or participating in, any boxing, mixed martial arts or entertainment...
• 463.180   [Repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.185   Authority of superintendent to enforce chapter; revocation, suspension and denial of licenses; hearing; civil penalty; rules.
  (1) The Superintendent of State Police shall have the sole jurisdiction and authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The superintendent or the designee...
• 463.190   [Repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.195   Commission subject to ORS 291.201 to 291.222, 291.232 to 291.260 and 291.990.
  (1) The Oregon State Athletic Commission is subject to the provisions of ORS 291.201 to 291.222, including but not limited to the provisions of those...
• 463.200   Commission considered criminal justice agency.
  For purposes of ORS 181.511 to 181.575, the Oregon State Athletic Commission shall be considered a criminal justice agency. [1987 c.789 §18; 2007 c.585 §18]
• 463.210   Organizations exempt from licensing and bonding provisions.
  (1) The promoting, conducting or maintaining of a boxing or mixed martial arts event when conducted by educational institutions, Oregon National Guard Units, United States...
• 463.220   Deposit of revenues.
  All revenue obtained under this chapter from license fees, bonds and gross receipts taxes, and any other income received under this chapter, shall be deposited...
• 463.310   Definitions for ORS 463.113, 463.155, 463.320, 463.330, 463.340 and 463.370.
  As used in ORS 463.113, 463.155, 463.320, 463.330, 463.340 and 463.370: (1) “Gross receipts” means the consideration, whether money, credits, rights or other property, received...
• 463.320   Imposition of tax; amount; report; rules; payment.
  (1) For the privilege of engaging in professional boxing, mixed martial arts or entertainment wrestling, a tax is imposed upon the gross receipts from the...
• 463.322   Persons exempt from tax.
  Nothing in ORS 463.015, 463.035, 463.113, 463.310, 463.320 and 463.322 is intended to tax subscribers to pay-per-view telecasts or cable system operators in this state....
• 463.330   Amateur events; admission fee; tax.
  When an admission fee is charged by any person conducting or sponsoring an amateur boxing, mixed martial arts or entertainment wrestling event, the tax imposed...
• 463.340   Effect of failure to file report.
  (1) If any licensee required to file a report under ORS 463.320 and 463.330 shall fail to make that report within the time prescribed, or...
• 463.350   [1987 c.789 §15; 1987 c.788 §9; 1993 c.742 §130; 1993 c.744 §214; renumbered 463.220 in 1993]
• 463.360   Payment of salaries and expenses.
  The salaries and expenses of the members and employees and the operating expenses of the Oregon State Athletic Commission shall be paid out of the...
• 463.370   Distribution of tax revenues.
  After deduction of administrative costs of the Oregon State Athletic Commission established under ORS 463.113, 75 percent of the remaining gross receipts tax, as described...
• 463.500   Fee; deposit of moneys; grants to amateur boxing organizations; rules.
  (1) In addition to any other fees or taxes required under this chapter, a promoter shall pay to the Oregon State Athletic Commission a fee...
• 463.810   [1971 c.743 §301; repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.990   [Repealed by 1987 c.789 §24]
• 463.995   Penalties.
  (1) A person who violates a provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter commits a Class A misdemeanor. (2) Whenever it...

Last modified: August 7, 2008