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92_HB1369

 
                                               LRB9203607LBgc

 1        AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Professional Boxing and Wrestling Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 105/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5010)
 7        Sec.  10.  Who must be licensed.  In order to participate
 8    in  boxing  contests  the  following  persons  must  each  be
 9    licensed and  in  good  standing  with  the  Department:  (a)
10    promoters,  (b)  contestants,  (c) seconds, (d) referees, (e)
11    judges, (f) managers, (g) matchmakers, and (h) timekeepers.
12        Announcers may participate  in  boxing  contests  without
13    being   licensed   under   this   Act.    It   shall  be  the
14    responsibility of the  promoter  to  ensure  that  announcers
15    comply  with  this  the  Act,  and  all rules and regulations
16    promulgated pursuant to this Act.
17        A licensed  promoter  may  not  act  as,  and  cannot  be
18    licensed  as, a second, boxer, referee, timekeeper, judge, or
19    manager. If he  or  she  is  so  licensed,  he  or  she  must
20    relinquish  any  of  these  licenses  to  the  Department for
21    cancellation. A promoter may be licensed as a matchmaker.
22        Persons involved with wrestling exhibitions shall  supply
23    the  Department  with  their name, address, telephone number,
24    and social security number and shall meet other  requirements
25    as established by rule.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-408, eff. 1-1-00.)

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