Bill Text: NY S05265 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S05265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05265-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5265
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Cultural
         Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
       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
   22  in boxing, sparring or wrestling contests and exhibitions where no  cash
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 5265                             2
    1  prizes  are  awarded  to  participants, and where the prize competed for
    2  shall not in value exceed thirty-five dollars or, in boxing,  a  maximum
    3  amount  established  by  the  U.S.  Amateur Boxing Federation.   FOR THE
    4  PURPOSES  OF THIS ACT, THE TERM "WHITE COLLAR BOXER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON
    5  WHO IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL BOXER NOR AN AMATEUR REGISTERED WITH THE  U.S.
    6  AMATEUR  BOXING  FEDERATION,  AND  WHO  ENGAGES  IN  BOXING  OR SPARRING
    7  CONTESTS OR EXHIBITIONS WHERE NO CASH  PRIZES  ARE  AWARDED  TO  PARTIC-
    8  IPANTS,  AND  WHERE  THE  PRIZE COMPETED FOR SHALL NOT EXCEED, IN VALUE,
    9  THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR A MAXIMUM AMOUNT  ESTABLISHED  BY  UNITED  STATES
   10  WHITE  COLLAR  BOXING,  INC. Any individual, association, corporation or
   11  club, except elementary or high schools or  equivalent  institutions  of
   12  learning  recognized  by  the  regents  of the state of New York, who or
   13  which conducts an amateur contest  OR  A  WHITE  COLLAR  BOXING  CONTEST
   14  pursuant  to this section must register with THE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONING
   15  BODY,  NAMELY  the  U.  S.  Amateur  Boxing  Federation  or  its   local
   16  affiliates,  OR  UNITED  STATES  WHITE  COLLAR BOXING, INC. and abide by
   17  [its] THE rules and regulations OF THE APPROPRIATE SANCTIONING BODY.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.