Bill Text: OH HB152 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: To exempt amateur boxing, kick boxing, karate, or wrestling events that benefit a charitable organization conducted under the supervision of the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio association of professional firefighters, or the Northern Ohio Fire Fighters from regulation by the Ohio Athletics Commission.
Spectrum: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-06 - Effective Date [HB152 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB152-Enrolled.html
To amend section 3773.32 of the Revised Code to exempt amateur boxing, kick boxing, karate, or wrestling events that benefit a charitable organization conducted under the supervision of the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio association of professional firefighters, or the Northern Ohio Fire Fighters from regulation by the Ohio Athletics Commission.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That section 3773.32 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3773.32. No person shall promote, sponsor, or conduct a public boxing match or exhibition unless such person is licensed under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code, secures a permit to conduct the match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, and otherwise complies with sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.
No person shall promote or conduct a professional wrestling match or exhibition unless such person is licensed under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code, secures a permit to conduct the match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, and otherwise complies with applicable provisions of sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.
No person shall participate in a public boxing match or exhibition as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, or contestant, or as a manager, trainer, or second of a contestant, unless such person is licensed under section 3773.41 of the Revised Code and otherwise complies with sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.
Sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code do not apply
to any boxing, karate, or wrestling match or exhibition conducted
as part of an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic program,
or as part of an amateur athletic program sponsored by or under
the supervision of the national amateur athletic union or the
American olympic association in which all contestants are amateur
boxers, amateur participants in a karate match or exhibition, or
amateur wrestlers, or; to any boxing, karate, or wrestling match
or exhibition conducted under the supervision or control of the
Ohio national guard, the state militia, or reserve officers'
associations in which all contestants are members of the guard,
militia, or officers' association; or to any amateur boxing, kick
boxing, karate, or wrestling event or exhibition conducted under
the supervision of the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio
association of professional firefighters, or the northern Ohio
fire fighters, the proceeds of which benefit a charitable
organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a charitable
organization that the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio
association of professional firefighters, or the northern Ohio
fire fighters supported before the effective date of this
amendment.
SECTION 2. That existing section 3773.32 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
