Full Text of SB2563 95th General Assembly
SB2563 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2563
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. John M. Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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225 ILCS 105/1 |
from Ch. 111, par. 5001 |
225 ILCS 105/12 |
from Ch. 111, par. 5012 |
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Amends the Professional Boxing Act. Includes a person licensed to treat human ailments without the use of drugs and without operative surgery under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 in the definition of "physician". Contains a nonacceleration clause. Effective June 1, 2008.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Professional Boxing Act is amended by | | 5 |
| changing Sections 1 and 12 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5001)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-593)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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| Sec. 1. Short title and definitions.
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| (a) This Act may be cited as the Professional Boxing Act.
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| (b) As used in this Act:
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| 1. "Department" means the Department of Professional | | 13 |
| Regulation.
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| 2. "Director" means the Director of Professional | | 15 |
| Regulation.
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| 3. "Board" means the State Professional Boxing Board
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| appointed by the
Director.
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| 4. "License" means the license issued for boxing | | 19 |
| promoters,
contestants, or officials
in accordance with | | 20 |
| this Act.
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| 5. (Blank).
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| 6. "Boxing Contests" include professional boxing | | 23 |
| matches
and exhibitions.
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| 7. (Blank).
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| 8. (Blank).
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| 9. "Permit" means the authorization from the | | 4 |
| Department to a
promoter
to conduct professional boxing | | 5 |
| contests.
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| 10. "Promoter" means a person who is licensed and
who
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| holds a permit to conduct professional boxing contests.
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| 11. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" | | 9 |
| includes
an
association, partnership, corporation, | | 10 |
| gymnasium, or club.
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| 12. (Blank).
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| 13. "Ultimate fighting exhibition" has the meaning | | 13 |
| given by
rule adopted
by the Department in accordance with | | 14 |
| Section 7.5.
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| 14. "Professional boxer" means a person licensed by the
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| Department who
competes for a
money prize, purse, or other | | 17 |
| type of compensation in a boxing contest,
exhibition, or | | 18 |
| match held in
Illinois.
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| 15. "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department | | 20 |
| who is
at ringside
during a boxing
match and who has the | | 21 |
| responsibility of scoring the performance of the
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| participants in the contest.
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| 16. "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department | | 24 |
| who
has the
general
supervision of
a boxing contest and is | | 25 |
| present inside of the ring during the contest.
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| 17. "Amateur" means a person who has never received or
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| competed for any
purse or other
article of value, either | | 2 |
| for participating in any boxing contest or for the
expenses | | 3 |
| of training therefor,
other than a prize that does not | | 4 |
| exceed $50 in value.
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| 18. "Contestant" means an individual who participates | | 6 |
| in a
boxing contest.
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| 19. "Second" means a person licensed by the Department | | 8 |
| who is
present at any boxing
contest to provide assistance | | 9 |
| or advice to a boxer during the contest.
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| 20. "Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the | | 11 |
| Department who
brings
together
professional boxers or | | 12 |
| procures matches or contests for professional
boxers.
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| 21. "Manager" means a person licensed by the Department | | 14 |
| who is
not a
promoter and
who, under contract, agreement, | | 15 |
| or other arrangement with any boxer, undertakes
to, | | 16 |
| directly or
indirectly, control or administer the boxing | | 17 |
| affairs of boxers.
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| 22. "Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the | | 19 |
| Department who
is the
official timer of
the length of | | 20 |
| rounds and the intervals between the rounds.
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| 23. "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other
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| remuneration for
which contestants
are participating in a | | 23 |
| boxing contest.
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| 24. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | | 25 |
| medicine
in all its
branches under the Medical Practice Act | | 26 |
| of 1987.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00; 92-499, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-593)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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| Sec. 1. Short title and definitions.
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| (a) This Act may be cited as the Professional Boxing Act.
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| (b) As used in this Act:
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| 1. "Department" means the Department of Financial and
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| Professional Regulation.
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| 2. "Secretary" means the Secretary
of Financial and | | 10 |
| Professional Regulation.
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| 3. "Board" means the State Professional Boxing Board
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| appointed by the
Secretary.
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| 4. "License" means the license issued for
promoters,
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| contestants, or officials
in accordance with this Act.
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| 5. (Blank).
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| 6. "Contest" means a
professional boxing, martial art, | | 17 |
| or mixed martial art match or exhibition.
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| 7. (Blank).
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| 8. (Blank).
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| 9. "Permit" means the authorization from the | | 21 |
| Department to a
promoter
to conduct
contests.
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| 10. "Promoter" means a person who is licensed and
who
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| holds a permit to conduct contests.
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| 11. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" | | 25 |
| includes
an
association, partnership, corporation, |
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| gymnasium, or club.
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| 12. (Blank).
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| 13. (Blank).
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| 14. (Blank).
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| 15. "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department | | 6 |
| who is
at ringside
during a
match and who has the | | 7 |
| responsibility of scoring the performance of the
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| participants in the contest.
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| 16. "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department | | 10 |
| who
has the
general
supervision of
a contest and is present | | 11 |
| inside of the ring during the contest.
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| 17. "Amateur" means a person who has never received or
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| competed for any
purse or other
article of value, either | | 14 |
| for participating in any contest or for the
expenses of | | 15 |
| training therefor,
other than a prize that does not exceed | | 16 |
| $50 in value.
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| 18. "Contestant" means a person licensed by the
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| Department who
competes for a
money prize, purse, or other | | 19 |
| type of compensation in a contest,
exhibition, or match | | 20 |
| held in
Illinois.
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| 19. "Second" means a person licensed by the Department | | 22 |
| who is
present at any
contest to provide assistance or | | 23 |
| advice to a contestant during the contest.
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| 20. "Matchmaker" means a person licensed by the | | 25 |
| Department who
brings
together
contestants or procures | | 26 |
| matches or contests for contestants.
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| 21. "Manager" means a person licensed by the Department | | 2 |
| who is
not a
promoter and
who, under contract, agreement, | | 3 |
| or other arrangement with any contestant, undertakes
to, | | 4 |
| directly or
indirectly, control or administer the affairs | | 5 |
| of contestants.
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| 22. "Timekeeper" means a person licensed by the | | 7 |
| Department who
is the
official timer of
the length of | | 8 |
| rounds and the intervals between the rounds.
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| 23. "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other
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| remuneration for
which contestants
are participating in a | | 11 |
| contest.
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| 24. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice | | 13 |
| medicine
in all its
branches or a person licensed to treat | | 14 |
| human ailments without the use of drugs and without | | 15 |
| operative surgery under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.
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| 25. "Martial arts" means a discipline such as, but not | | 17 |
| limited to, Karate, Kung Fu, Jujitsu, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon | | 18 |
| Do, and Kick-boxing. | | 19 |
| 26. "Mixed martial arts" means the use of a combination | | 20 |
| of techniques from different disciplines of the martial | | 21 |
| arts, including without limitation grappling, kicking, and | | 22 |
| striking.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-593, eff. 6-1-08.)
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| (225 ILCS 105/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 5012)
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| (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 95-593)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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| Sec. 12. Contests. Each boxing contestant shall be examined
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| before entering the
ring and immediately after each contest by | | 4 |
| a physician
licensed to practice
medicine in all of its | | 5 |
| branches. The physician
shall determine, prior to
the contest, | | 6 |
| if each contestant is physically fit to engage in the contest.
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| After the contest the physician shall examine the contestant to
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| determine
possible injury. If the contestant's physical | | 9 |
| condition so indicates, the
physician shall recommend to the | | 10 |
| Department immediate medical suspension.
The physician may, at | | 11 |
| any time during the contest, stop the contest to
examine a | | 12 |
| boxer, and terminate the contest when, in the physician's | | 13 |
| opinion,
continuing the contest could result in serious injury | | 14 |
| to the boxer. The
physician shall certify to the condition of | | 15 |
| the contestant in writing, over
his signature on blank forms | | 16 |
| provided by the Department. Such reports shall
be submitted to | | 17 |
| the Department in a timely manner. The physician shall be
paid | | 18 |
| by the promoter a fee fixed by the Department. No boxing | | 19 |
| contest shall
be held unless a physician licensed to practice | | 20 |
| medicine in all of its branches
is in attendance.
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| No contest shall be allowed to begin unless
at least one | | 22 |
| physician and 2 trained paramedics or 2 nurses who are trained
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| to administer emergency medical care are present.
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| No contest shall be more than 12 rounds in length. The | | 25 |
| rounds
shall not
be more than 3 minutes each with a one minute | | 26 |
| interval between them, and
no boxer shall be allowed to |
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| participate in more than 12 rounds
within
72 consecutive hours. | | 2 |
| At each boxing contest there shall be a referee in
attendance | | 3 |
| who shall direct and control the contest. The referee, before
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| each contest, shall learn the name of the contestant's chief | | 5 |
| second and
shall hold the chief second responsible for the | | 6 |
| conduct of his assistant
during the progress of the contest.
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| There shall be 2 judges in attendance who shall render a | | 8 |
| decision at the
end of each contest. The decision of the | | 9 |
| judges, taken together with the decision
of the referee, is | | 10 |
| final; or, 3 judges shall score the contest with the
referee | | 11 |
| not scoring. The method of scoring shall be set forth in rules.
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| Judges, referees, or timekeepers for contests shall be
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| assigned by the Department. The Department or its | | 14 |
| representative shall have
discretion to declare
a price, | | 15 |
| remuneration,
or purse or any part of it belonging to the | | 16 |
| contestant withheld if in the
judgment of the Department or its | | 17 |
| representative the contestant
is not honestly competing.
The | | 18 |
| Department shall have the authority to prevent a contest or | | 19 |
| exhibition
from being held and shall have the authority to stop | | 20 |
| a fight for noncompliance
with any part of this Act or rules or | | 21 |
| when, in the judgment of the Department,
or its representative, | | 22 |
| continuation of the event would endanger the health,
safety, | | 23 |
| and welfare of the contestants or spectators. The Department's | | 24 |
| authority to stop a fight contest or exhibition on the basis | | 25 |
| that the fight would endanger the health, safety, and welfare | | 26 |
| of the contestants or spectators shall extend to any fight |
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| contest or exhibition, regardless of whether that fight contest | | 2 |
| or exhibition is exempted from the prohibition in Section 6 of | | 3 |
| this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-499, eff. 1-1-02; 93-978, eff. 8-20-04.)
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| (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 95-593)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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| Sec. 12. Contests. Each contestant shall be examined
before | | 8 |
| entering the
ring and immediately after each contest by a | | 9 |
| physician
licensed to practice
medicine in all of its branches. | | 10 |
| The physician
shall determine, prior to
the contest, if each | | 11 |
| contestant is physically fit to engage in the contest.
After | | 12 |
| the contest the physician shall examine the contestant to
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| determine
possible injury. If the contestant's physical | | 14 |
| condition so indicates, the
physician shall recommend to the | | 15 |
| Department immediate medical suspension.
The physician may, at | | 16 |
| any time during the contest, stop the contest to
examine a | | 17 |
| contestant, and terminate the contest when, in the physician's | | 18 |
| opinion,
continuing the contest could result in serious injury | | 19 |
| to the contestant. The
physician shall certify to the condition | | 20 |
| of the contestant in writing, over
his signature on forms | | 21 |
| provided by the Department. Such reports shall
be submitted to | | 22 |
| the Department in a timely manner. The physician shall be
paid | | 23 |
| by the promoter a fee fixed by the Department. No contest shall
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| be held unless a physician licensed to practice medicine in all | | 25 |
| of its branches
is in attendance.
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| No contest shall be allowed to begin unless
at least one | | 2 |
| physician and 2 trained paramedics or 2 nurses who are trained
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| to administer emergency medical care and at least one ambulance | | 4 |
| dedicated solely for the care of contestants are present.
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| No boxing contest shall be more than 12 rounds in length. | | 6 |
| The rounds
shall not
be more than 3 minutes each with a one | | 7 |
| minute interval between them, and
no boxing contestant boxer | | 8 |
| shall be allowed to participate in more than 12 rounds
within
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| 72 consecutive hours. The number and length for all other | | 10 |
| contests shall be established by rule. At each contest there | | 11 |
| shall be a referee in
attendance who shall direct and control | | 12 |
| the contest. The referee, before
each contest, shall learn the | | 13 |
| name of the contestant's chief second and
shall hold the chief | | 14 |
| second responsible for the conduct of his assistant
during the | | 15 |
| progress of the contest.
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| There shall be 2 judges in attendance at all boxing | | 17 |
| contests who shall render a decision at the
end of each | | 18 |
| contest. The decision of the judges, taken together with the | | 19 |
| decision
of the referee, is final; or, 3 judges shall score the | | 20 |
| contest with the
referee not scoring. The method of scoring | | 21 |
| shall be set forth in rules. The number of judges required and | | 22 |
| the manner of scoring for all other contests shall be set by | | 23 |
| rule.
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| Judges, referees, or timekeepers for contests shall be
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| assigned by the Department. The Department or its | | 26 |
| representative shall have
discretion to declare
a price, |
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| remuneration,
or purse or any part of it belonging to the | | 2 |
| contestant withheld if in the
judgment of the Department or its | | 3 |
| representative the contestant
is not honestly competing.
The | | 4 |
| Department shall have the authority to prevent a contest
from | | 5 |
| being held and shall have the authority to stop a contest for | | 6 |
| noncompliance
with any part of this Act or rules or when, in | | 7 |
| the judgment of the Department,
or its representative, | | 8 |
| continuation of the event would endanger the health,
safety, | | 9 |
| and welfare of the contestants or spectators. The Department's | | 10 |
| authority to stop a contest on the basis that the contest would | | 11 |
| endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the contestants or | | 12 |
| spectators shall extend to any contest, regardless of whether | | 13 |
| that contest is exempted from the prohibition in Section 6 of | | 14 |
| this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-593, eff. 6-1-08.)
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| Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | | 17 |
| changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | | 18 |
| that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | | 19 |
| represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | | 20 |
| not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | | 21 |
| made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other | | 22 |
| Public Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 24 |
| becoming law.
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