Full Text of HB2856 100th General Assembly
HB2856eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 1, 6, and 12 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5001)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 8 | | Sec. 1. Short title and definitions.
| 9 | | (a) This Act may be cited as the Boxing and Full-contact | 10 | | Martial Arts Act.
| 11 | | (b) As used in this Act:
| 12 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and
| 13 | | Professional Regulation.
| 14 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | 15 | | Professional Regulation.
| 16 | | "Board" means the State of Illinois Athletic Board
| 17 | | established pursuant to this Act.
| 18 | | "License" means the license issued for
promoters,
| 19 | | professionals, or officials
in accordance with this Act.
| 20 | | "Professional contest" means a
boxing or full-contact | 21 | | martial arts competition in which all of the participants | 22 | | competing against one another are professionals and where | 23 | | the public is able to attend or a fee is charged.
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| 1 | | "Permit" means the authorization from the Department | 2 | | to a
promoter
to conduct professional or amateur contests, | 3 | | or a combination of both.
| 4 | | "Promoter" means a person who is licensed and
who
holds | 5 | | a permit to conduct professional or amateur contests, or a | 6 | | combination of both.
| 7 | | Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" | 8 | | includes, but is not limited to, an individual,
| 9 | | association, organization, business entity, gymnasium, or | 10 | | club.
| 11 | | "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department who | 12 | | is
located at ringside or adjacent to the fighting area
| 13 | | during a professional contest
and who has the | 14 | | responsibility of scoring the performance of the
| 15 | | participants in that professional contest.
| 16 | | "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department who
| 17 | | has the
general
supervision of
and is present inside of the | 18 | | ring or fighting area during a professional contest.
| 19 | | "Amateur" means a person registered by the Department | 20 | | who is not competing for, and has never received or
| 21 | | competed for, any
purse or other
article of value, directly | 22 | | or indirectly, either for participating in any contest or | 23 | | for the
expenses of training therefor,
other than a | 24 | | non-monetary prize that does not exceed $50 in value.
| 25 | | "Professional" means a person licensed by the
| 26 | | Department who
competes for a
money prize, purse, or other |
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| 1 | | type of compensation in a professional contest held in
| 2 | | Illinois.
| 3 | | "Second" means a person licensed by the Department who | 4 | | is
present at any professional
contest to provide | 5 | | assistance or advice to a professional during the contest.
| 6 | | "Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the Department | 7 | | who
brings
together professionals to compete in
contests.
| 8 | | "Manager" means a person licensed by the Department who | 9 | | is
not a
promoter and
who, under contract, agreement, or | 10 | | other arrangement, undertakes
to, directly or
indirectly, | 11 | | control or administer the affairs of professionals.
| 12 | | "Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the Department | 13 | | who
is the
official timer of
the length of rounds and the | 14 | | intervals between the rounds.
| 15 | | "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other
| 16 | | remuneration for
which contestants
are participating in a | 17 | | professional contest.
| 18 | | "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | 19 | | medicine
in all its
branches under the Medical Practice Act | 20 | | of 1987.
| 21 | | "Martial arts" means a discipline or combination of | 22 | | different disciplines that utilizes sparring techniques | 23 | | without the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate | 24 | | one's opponent, such as, but not limited to, Karate, Kung | 25 | | Fu, Judo, Jujutsu, Tae Kwon Do, and Kyuki-Do. | 26 | | "Full-contact martial arts" means the use of a singular |
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| 1 | | discipline or a combination of techniques from different | 2 | | disciplines of the martial arts, including, without | 3 | | limitation, full-force grappling, kicking, and striking | 4 | | with the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate one's | 5 | | opponent.
| 6 | | "Amateur contest" means a boxing or full-contact | 7 | | martial arts competition in which all of the participants | 8 | | competing against one another are amateurs and where the | 9 | | public is able to attend or a fee is charged. | 10 | | "Contestant" means a person who competes in either a | 11 | | boxing or full-contact martial arts contest. | 12 | | "Address of record" means the designated address | 13 | | recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's | 14 | | application file, license file, or registration file as | 15 | | maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | 16 | | It is the duty of the applicant or licensee to inform the | 17 | | Department of any change of address and those changes must | 18 | | be made either through the Department's website or by | 19 | | contacting the Department. | 20 | | "Bout" means one match between 2 contestants. | 21 | | "Sanctioning body" means an organization approved by | 22 | | the Department under the requirements and standards stated | 23 | | in this Act and the rules adopted under this Act to act as | 24 | | a governing body that sanctions professional or amateur | 25 | | contests. | 26 | | "Kickboxing" means a form of boxing in which only |
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| 1 | | punches and kicks are allowed. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-663, eff. 8-25-09; 97-119, eff. 7-14-11; | 3 | | 97-1123, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 4 | | (225 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 5006)
| 5 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 6 | | Sec. 6. Restricted contests and events. (a) All | 7 | | professional and amateur contests, or a combination of both, in | 8 | | which
physical contact is made are prohibited in Illinois | 9 | | unless authorized by the Department pursuant to the | 10 | | requirements and standards stated in this Act and the rules | 11 | | adopted pursuant to this Act. This Section subsection (a) does | 12 | | not apply to any of the following: | 13 | | (1) Amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | 14 | | contests conducted by accredited secondary schools, | 15 | | colleges, or universities, although a fee may be charged. | 16 | | (2) Amateur boxing contests that are sanctioned by USA | 17 | | Boxing or any other sanctioning organization approved by | 18 | | the Association of Boxing Commissions. | 19 | | (3) Amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | 20 | | contests conducted by a State, county, or municipal entity. | 21 | | (4) Amateur martial arts contests that are not defined | 22 | | as full-contact martial arts contests under this Act, | 23 | | including, but not limited to, Karate, Kung Fu, Judo, | 24 | | Jujutsu, Tae Kwon Do, and Kyuki-Do. | 25 | | (5) Full-contact martial arts
contests, as defined by |
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| 1 | | this Act, that are recognized by
the International Olympic | 2 | | Committee or are contested in
the Olympic Games and are not | 3 | | conducted in an enclosed
fighting area or ring . | 4 | | (6) Amateur kickboxing contests that are sanctioned by | 5 | | nationally recognized sanctioning bodies, such as the | 6 | | World Association of Kickboxing Organizations USA, KICK | 7 | | International, the International Kickboxing Federation, | 8 | | the International Sport Karate and Kickboxing Association, | 9 | | and the World Kickboxing Association. | 10 | | No other amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | 11 | | contests shall be permitted unless authorized by the | 12 | | Department. | 13 | | (b) The Department shall have the authority to determine | 14 | | whether a professional or amateur contest is exempt for | 15 | | purposes of this Section.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-663, eff. 8-25-09; 97-119, eff. 7-14-11; | 17 | | 97-1123, eff. 8-27-12.)
| 18 | | (225 ILCS 105/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 5012)
| 19 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
| 20 | | Sec. 12. Professional or amateur contests. | 21 | | (a) The professional or amateur contest, or a combination | 22 | | of both,
shall be held in an area where adequate neurosurgical
| 23 | | facilities are immediately available for skilled emergency
| 24 | | treatment of an injured professional or amateur. | 25 | | (b) Each professional or amateur shall be examined before |
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| 1 | | the contest
and promptly after each bout by a physician. The | 2 | | physician
shall determine, prior to
the contest, if each | 3 | | professional or amateur is physically fit to compete in the | 4 | | contest.
After the bout the physician shall examine the | 5 | | professional or amateur to
determine
possible injury. If the | 6 | | professional's or amateur's physical condition so indicates, | 7 | | the
physician shall recommend to the Department immediate | 8 | | medical suspension. The physician or a licensed paramedic must | 9 | | check the vital signs of all contestants as established by | 10 | | rule. | 11 | | (c)
The physician may, at any time during the professional | 12 | | or amateur bout, stop the professional or amateur bout to
| 13 | | examine a professional or amateur contestant and may direct the | 14 | | referee to terminate the bout when, in the physician's opinion,
| 15 | | continuing the bout could result in serious injury to the | 16 | | professional or amateur. If the professional's or amateur's | 17 | | physical condition so indicates, the physician shall recommend | 18 | | to the Department immediate medical suspension. The
physician | 19 | | shall certify to the condition of the professional or amateur | 20 | | in writing, over
his signature on forms provided by the | 21 | | Department. Such reports shall
be submitted to the Department | 22 | | in a timely manner.
| 23 | | (d) No professional or amateur contest, or a combination of
| 24 | | both, shall be allowed to begin or be held unless
at least one | 25 | | physician, at least one EMT and one paramedic, and one | 26 | | ambulance have been contracted
with solely for the care of |
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| 1 | | professionals or amateurs who are competing as defined by rule.
| 2 | | (e) No professional boxing bout shall be more than 12 | 3 | | rounds in length. The rounds
shall not
be more than 3 minutes | 4 | | each with a one minute interval between them, and
no | 5 | | professional boxer shall be allowed to participate in more than | 6 | | one contest within a 7-day period. | 7 | | The number and length of rounds for all other professional | 8 | | or amateur boxing or full-contact martial
arts contests, or a | 9 | | combination of both, shall be determined by rule. | 10 | | (f) The number and types of officials required for each | 11 | | professional or amateur contest, or a combination of both, | 12 | | shall be determined by rule.
| 13 | | (g) The Department or its representative shall have
| 14 | | discretion to declare
a price, remuneration,
or purse or any | 15 | | part of it belonging to the professional withheld if in the
| 16 | | judgment of the Department or its representative the | 17 | | professional
is not honestly competing. | 18 | | (h)
The Department shall have the authority to prevent a | 19 | | professional or amateur contest, or a combination of
both,
from | 20 | | being held and shall have the authority to stop a professional | 21 | | or amateur contest, or a combination of
both, for noncompliance
| 22 | | with any part of this Act or rules or when, in the judgment of | 23 | | the Department,
or its representative, continuation of the | 24 | | event would endanger the health,
safety, and welfare of the | 25 | | professionals or amateurs or spectators. The Department's | 26 | | authority to stop a contest on the basis that the professional |
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| 1 | | or amateur contest, or a combination of
both, would endanger | 2 | | the health, safety, and welfare of the professionals or | 3 | | amateurs or spectators shall extend to any professional or | 4 | | amateur contest, or a combination of
both, regardless of | 5 | | whether that amateur contest is exempted from the prohibition | 6 | | in Section 6 of this Act. Department staff, or its | 7 | | representative, may be present at any full-contact martial arts | 8 | | contest with scheduled amateur bouts.
| 9 | | (i) Participants of kickboxing contests must use, at a | 10 | | minimum, 10 ounce gloves. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 97-119, eff. 7-14-11; 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)
| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 | | becoming law.
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