Bill Amendment: IL HB1646 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: REGULATION-TECH
Status: 2016-11-30 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton [HB1646 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1646-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: REGULATION-TECH
Status: 2016-11-30 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton [HB1646 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB1646-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1646
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1646 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 1 and 6 and adding Section 8.5 as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5001)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
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9 | Sec. 1. Short title and definitions.
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10 | (a) This Act may be cited as the Boxing and Full-contact | ||||||
11 | Martial Arts Act.
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12 | (b) As used in this Act:
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13 | "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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14 | Professional Regulation.
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15 | "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | ||||||
16 | Professional Regulation.
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1 | "Board" means the State of Illinois Athletic Board
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2 | established pursuant to this Act.
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3 | "License" means the license issued for
promoters,
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4 | professionals, or officials
in accordance with this Act.
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5 | "Professional contest" means a
boxing or full-contact | ||||||
6 | martial arts competition in which all of the participants | ||||||
7 | competing against one another are professionals and where | ||||||
8 | the public is able to attend or a fee is charged.
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9 | "Permit" means the authorization from the Department | ||||||
10 | to a
promoter
to conduct professional or amateur contests, | ||||||
11 | or a combination of both.
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12 | "Promoter" means a person who is licensed and
who
holds | ||||||
13 | a permit to conduct professional or amateur contests, or a | ||||||
14 | combination of both.
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15 | Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" | ||||||
16 | includes, but is not limited to, an individual,
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17 | association, organization, business entity, gymnasium, or | ||||||
18 | club.
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19 | "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department who | ||||||
20 | is
located at ringside or adjacent to the fighting area
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21 | during a professional contest
and who has the | ||||||
22 | responsibility of scoring the performance of the
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23 | participants in that professional contest.
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24 | "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department who
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25 | has the
general
supervision of
and is present inside of the | ||||||
26 | ring or fighting area during a professional contest.
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1 | "Amateur" means a person registered by the Department | ||||||
2 | who is not competing for, and has never received or
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3 | competed for, any
purse or other
article of value, directly | ||||||
4 | or indirectly, either for participating in any contest | ||||||
5 | covered by this Act or for the
expenses of training | ||||||
6 | therefor ,
other than a non-monetary prize that does not | ||||||
7 | exceed $50 in value or a stipend for an athletic club or | ||||||
8 | sponsor of the contestant to cover the cost of training and | ||||||
9 | participation expenses not to exceed $1,500 .
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10 | "Professional" means a person licensed by the
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11 | Department who
competes for a
money prize, purse, or other | ||||||
12 | type of compensation in a professional contest held in
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13 | Illinois.
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14 | "Second" means a person licensed by the Department who | ||||||
15 | is
present at any professional
contest to provide | ||||||
16 | assistance or advice to a professional during the contest.
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17 | "Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the Department | ||||||
18 | who
brings
together professionals to compete in
contests.
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19 | "Manager" means a person licensed by the Department who | ||||||
20 | is
not a
promoter and
who, under contract, agreement, or | ||||||
21 | other arrangement, undertakes
to, directly or
indirectly, | ||||||
22 | control or administer the affairs of professionals.
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23 | "Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the Department | ||||||
24 | who
is the
official timer of
the length of rounds and the | ||||||
25 | intervals between the rounds.
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26 | "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other
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1 | remuneration for
which contestants
are participating in a | ||||||
2 | professional contest.
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3 | "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | ||||||
4 | medicine
in all its
branches under the Medical Practice Act | ||||||
5 | of 1987.
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6 | "Martial arts" means a discipline or combination of | ||||||
7 | different disciplines that utilizes sparring techniques | ||||||
8 | without the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate | ||||||
9 | one's opponent, such as, but not limited to, Karate, Kung | ||||||
10 | Fu, Judo, Jujutsu, Tae Kwon Do, and Kyuki-Do. | ||||||
11 | "Full-contact martial arts" means the use of a singular | ||||||
12 | discipline or a combination of techniques , including, but | ||||||
13 | not limited to, mixed martial arts and kickboxing, from | ||||||
14 | different disciplines of the martial arts, including, | ||||||
15 | without limitation, full-force grappling, kicking, and | ||||||
16 | striking with the intent to injure, disable, or | ||||||
17 | incapacitate one's opponent.
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18 | "Amateur contest" means a boxing or full-contact | ||||||
19 | martial arts competition in which all of the participants | ||||||
20 | competing against one another are amateurs and where the | ||||||
21 | public is able to attend or a fee is charged. | ||||||
22 | "Contestant" means a person who competes in either a | ||||||
23 | boxing or full-contact martial arts contest. | ||||||
24 | "Address of record" means the designated address | ||||||
25 | recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's | ||||||
26 | application file, license file, or registration file as |
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1 | maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. | ||||||
2 | It is the duty of the applicant or licensee to inform the | ||||||
3 | Department of any change of address and those changes must | ||||||
4 | be made either through the Department's website or by | ||||||
5 | contacting the Department. | ||||||
6 | "Bout" means one match between 2 contestants. | ||||||
7 | "Sanctioning body" means an organization approved by | ||||||
8 | the Department under the requirements and standards stated | ||||||
9 | in this Act and the rules adopted under this Act to act as | ||||||
10 | a governing body that sanctions professional or amateur | ||||||
11 | contests. | ||||||
12 | "Incumbent sanctioning body" means an organization | ||||||
13 | that notifies the Department in writing that it is a | ||||||
14 | recognized sanctioning body in more than 10 American | ||||||
15 | states. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 96-663, eff. 8-25-09; 97-119, eff. 7-14-11; | ||||||
17 | 97-1123, eff. 8-27-12.)
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18 | (225 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 5006)
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19 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
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20 | Sec. 6. Restricted contests and events. | ||||||
21 | (a) All professional and amateur contests, or a combination | ||||||
22 | of both, in which
physical contact is made are prohibited in | ||||||
23 | Illinois unless authorized by the Department pursuant to the | ||||||
24 | requirements and standards stated in this Act and the rules | ||||||
25 | adopted pursuant to this Act. This subsection (a) does not |
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1 | apply to any of the following qualified entities : | ||||||
2 | (1) Amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | ||||||
3 | contests conducted by accredited secondary schools, | ||||||
4 | colleges, or universities, although a fee may be charged. | ||||||
5 | (2) Amateur boxing contests that are sanctioned by USA | ||||||
6 | Boxing or any other sanctioning organization approved by | ||||||
7 | the Association of Boxing Commissions. | ||||||
8 | (3) Amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | ||||||
9 | contests sponsored conducted by a State, county, or | ||||||
10 | municipal entity. | ||||||
11 | (4) Amateur martial arts contests that are not defined | ||||||
12 | as full-contact martial arts contests under this Act, | ||||||
13 | including, but not limited to, Karate, Kung Fu, Judo, | ||||||
14 | Jujutsu, Tae Kwon Do, and Kyuki-Do. | ||||||
15 | (5) Full-contact martial arts
contests, as defined by | ||||||
16 | this Act, that are recognized by
the International Olympic | ||||||
17 | Committee or are contested in
the Olympic Games and are not | ||||||
18 | conducted in an enclosed
fighting area or ring. | ||||||
19 | (6) Amateur boxing or martial arts contests that are | ||||||
20 | conducted by a not-for-profit organization. | ||||||
21 | No other amateur boxing or full-contact martial arts | ||||||
22 | contests shall be permitted unless authorized by the | ||||||
23 | Department. | ||||||
24 | (b) The Department shall have the authority to determine | ||||||
25 | whether a professional or amateur contest is exempt for | ||||||
26 | purposes of this Section.
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1 | (c) A qualified entity exempt from Department oversight | ||||||
2 | must notify the Department of its intent to sponsor events | ||||||
3 | covered under this Act. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 96-663, eff. 8-25-09; 97-119, eff. 7-14-11; | ||||||
5 | 97-1123, eff. 8-27-12.)
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6 | (225 ILCS 105/8.5 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 8.5. Sanctioning bodies. A sanctioning body must apply | ||||||
8 | for approved status with the Department. Within 15 business | ||||||
9 | days of an application, the Department must send written | ||||||
10 | correspondence to the applicant of the procedures required for | ||||||
11 | its approval or disapproval, including at least 2 meetings of | ||||||
12 | the Board for the review of the application. The correspondence | ||||||
13 | must include, but is not limited to, dates for board meetings, | ||||||
14 | required amendments to the application for compliance, and | ||||||
15 | paperwork filing requirements. The approval process may not | ||||||
16 | exceed 4 months from the date the applicant filed for approved | ||||||
17 | status. | ||||||
18 | An incumbent sanctioning body that is registered by the | ||||||
19 | Department shall have all the rights and privileges of a | ||||||
20 | sanctioning body as defined in this Act. | ||||||
21 | Notwithstanding this Section, all authority given to the | ||||||
22 | Department and the Board to review and deny a sanctioning body | ||||||
23 | for violations of health and safety standards covered within | ||||||
24 | this Act apply.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.".
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