Public Act 093-0978
 		





SB2251 Enrolled
LRB093 15880 RCE 41497 b






    AN ACT concerning professional regulation. 

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5. The Professional Boxing Act is amended  by 
changing Sections 6 and 12 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 105/6)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5006)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)

    Sec. 6. Prohibitions. All boxing matches, contests, or 
exhibits in which
physical contact is made including, but not 
limited to, "ultimate fighting
exhibitions", are prohibited in 
Illinois unless authorized by the Department.
This provision 
does not apply to the following:


        (1) Boxing contests or wrestling exhibitions conducted 
    by accredited
secondary schools, colleges or universities, 
    although a fee may be charged.
Institutions organized to 
    furnish instruction in athletics are not included in
this 
    exemption.


        (2) Amateur boxing matches sanctioned by the United 
    States Amateur Boxing
Federation, Inc. or Golden Gloves of 
    America, amateur wrestling exhibitions,
and amateur or 
    professional martial arts or kick boxing.

    The Department shall have the authority to determine 
whether a contest or exhibition is an exempt martial arts or 
kick boxing event for purposes of this Section. In determining 
whether a contest or exhibition is an exempt martial arts or 
kick boxing event the Department shall consider, but not be 
limited to, the following factors:
        (i) whether the event is sanctioned by a body 
    independent of the promoters of the contest or exhibition;
        (ii) whether the sanctioning body is exclusively or 
    primarily dedicated to advancing the sport of kick boxing 
    or martial arts;
        (iii) whether the sanctioning body limits 
    participation in its events to its registered members;
        (iv) whether the sanctioning body has a record of 
    enforcing the rules governing a contest or exhibition;
        (v) the record for safety of the sanctioning body;
        (vi) the record for safety of the promoters of the 
    contest or exhibition;
        (vii) whether the promoter of the contest or exhibition 
    has a record of enforcing and abiding by the rules 
    governing a contest or exhibition; and
        (viii) whether the rules for the contest or exhibition 
    provide substantially similar protections for the health, 
    safety and welfare of the contestants and spectators as 
    this Act and its rules.

(Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00.)

 



    (225 ILCS 105/12)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5012)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)

    Sec. 12. Contests
Boxing contests. Each boxing contestant 
shall be examined
before entering the
ring and immediately 
after each contest by a physician
licensed to practice
medicine 
in all of its branches. The physician
shall determine, prior to

the contest, if each contestant is physically fit to engage in 
the contest.
After the contest the physician shall examine the 
contestant to
determine
possible injury. If the contestant's 
physical condition so indicates, the
physician shall recommend 
to the Department immediate medical suspension.
The physician 
may, at any time during the contest, stop the contest to

examine a boxer, and terminate the contest when, in the 
physician's opinion,
continuing the contest could result in 
serious injury to the boxer.  The
physician shall certify to the 
condition of the contestant in writing, over
his signature on 
blank forms provided by the Department. Such reports shall
be 
submitted to the Department in a timely manner. The physician 
shall be
paid by the promoter a fee fixed by the Department. No 
boxing contest shall
be held unless a physician licensed to 
practice medicine in all of its branches
is in attendance.

    No contest shall be allowed to begin unless
at least one 
physician and 2 trained paramedics or 2 nurses who are trained

to administer emergency medical care are present.

    No contest shall be more than 12 rounds in length. The 
rounds
shall not
be more than 3 minutes each with a one minute 
interval between them, and
no boxer shall be allowed to 
participate in more than 12 rounds
within
72 consecutive hours. 
At each boxing contest there shall be a referee in
attendance 
who shall direct and control the contest. The referee, before

each contest, shall learn the name of the contestant's chief 
second and
shall hold the chief second responsible for the 
conduct of his assistant
during the progress of the contest.

    There shall be 2 judges in attendance who shall render a 
decision at the
end of each contest. The decision of the 
judges, taken together with the decision
of the referee, is 
final; or, 3 judges shall score the contest with the
referee 
not scoring.  The method of scoring shall be set forth in rules.

    Judges, referees, or timekeepers for contests shall be

assigned by the Department. The Department or its 
representative shall have
discretion to declare
a price, 
remuneration,
or purse or any part of it belonging to the 
contestant withheld if in the
judgment of the Department or its 
representative the contestant
is not honestly competing.
The 
Department shall have the authority to prevent a contest or 
exhibition
from being held and shall have the authority to stop 
a fight for noncompliance
with any part of this Act or rules or 
when, in the judgment of the Department,
or its representative, 
continuation of the event would endanger the health,
safety, 
and welfare of the contestants or spectators. The Department's 
authority to stop a fight contest or exhibition on the basis 
that the fight would endanger the health, safety, and welfare 
of the contestants or spectators shall extend to any fight 
contest or exhibition, regardless of whether that fight contest 
or exhibition is exempted from the prohibition in Section 6 of 
this Act.


(Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00; 92-499, eff. 1-1-02.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.