Bill Text: NY A04918 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Exempts white collar boxing from regulation by the state boxing commission; provides that a "white collar boxer" is a person who is not a professional boxer or an amateur registered with the U.S. Amateur Boxing Federation, and who engages in boxing or sparring contests and exhibitions where no cash prizes having a value of more than $35 are given or prizes in excess of an amount established by the United States White Collar Boxing, Inc.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-12 - held for consideration in tourism, arts and sports development [A04918 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04918-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4918--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 6, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. TOWNS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DelMONTE,
         RAIA,  WALKER  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism,
         Arts and Sports Development --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 allowing and regulating
         boxing, sparring and  wrestling  matches,  and  establishing  a  state
         boxing  commission,  in relation to exempting white collar boxers from
         the provisions of such act
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 31 of chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 allowing and
    2  regulating boxing, sparring and wrestling matches,  and  establishing  a
    3  state  boxing commission, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of 2002,
    4  is amended to read as follows:
    5    S 31. Exceptions. The provisions of this act  except  as  provided  in
    6  section  29  of this act shall not be construed to apply to any sparring
    7  or boxing contest or exhibition conducted under the supervision  or  the
    8  control  of the New York state national guard or naval militia where all
    9  of the contestants are members of the active militia; nor  to  any  such
   10  contest  or exhibition where the contestants are all amateurs, sponsored
   11  by or under the supervision of any university, college, school or  other
   12  institution  of  learning, recognized by the regents of the state of New
   13  York; nor to any such contest or exhibitions where the  contestants  are
   14  all  amateurs sponsored by or under the supervision of the U. S. Amateur
   15  Boxing Federation or its local affiliates or the American Olympic  Asso-
   16  ciation; NOR TO ANY SUCH CONTEST OR EXHIBITION WHERE THE CONTESTANTS ARE
   17  ALL  WHITE COLLAR BOXERS SPONSORED BY OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF UNITED
   18  STATES WHITE COLLAR BOXING, INC.; nor except as to the  extent  provided
   19  in  sections 5, 9, 19, 20, 28-a, 28-b and 33 of this act, to any profes-
   20  sional wrestling contest or exhibition as defined in this act.  For  the
   21  purpose  of  this act, an amateur is deemed to mean a person who engages
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06216-02-9
       A. 4918--A                          2
    1  in boxing, sparring or wrestling contests and exhibitions where no  cash
    2  prizes  are  awarded  to  participants, and where the prize competed for
    3  shall not in value exceed thirty-five dollars or, in boxing,  a  maximum
    4  amount  established  by  the  U.S.  Amateur Boxing Federation.   FOR THE
    5  PURPOSES OF THIS ACT, THE TERM "WHITE COLLAR BOXER" SHALL MEAN A  PERSON
    6  WHO  IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL BOXER NOR AN AMATEUR REGISTERED WITH THE U.S.
    7  AMATEUR BOXING  FEDERATION,  AND  WHO  ENGAGES  IN  BOXING  OR  SPARRING
    8  CONTESTS  OR  EXHIBITIONS  WHERE  NO  CASH PRIZES ARE AWARDED TO PARTIC-
    9  IPANTS, AND WHERE THE PRIZE COMPETED FOR SHALL  NOT  EXCEED,  IN  VALUE,
   10  THIRTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  OR  A  MAXIMUM AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY UNITED STATES
   11  WHITE COLLAR BOXING, INC. Any individual,  association,  corporation  or
   12  club,  except  elementary  or high schools or equivalent institutions of
   13  learning recognized by the regents of the state  of  New  York,  who  or
   14  which  conducts  an  amateur  contest  OR  A WHITE COLLAR BOXING CONTEST
   15  pursuant to this section must register with THE APPROPRIATE  SANCTIONING
   16  BODY,   NAMELY  the  U.  S.  Amateur  Boxing  Federation  or  its  local
   17  affiliates, OR UNITED STATES WHITE COLLAR  BOXING,  INC.  and  abide  by
   18  [its] THE rules and regulations OF THE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONING BODY.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.