Bill Text: NY S05949 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5949 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Establishes protocols for combative sports; authorizes mixed martial arts events in this state; establishes procedures for applications for licenses; establishes penalties for violations; imposes taxes on gross receipts of such events.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-14 - SIGNED CHAP.32 [S05949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05949-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5949--B
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 12, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, GOLDEN, PARKER, AVELLA, CROCI, FUNKE, KENNE-
          DY,  MARTINS,  MURPHY,  PANEPINTO,  RITCHIE  -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
          Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and  Recreation  in  accordance  with
          Senate  Rule  6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, the tax law, and the alcoholic
          beverage control law, in relation to authorized combative sports;  and
          to  repeal chapter 912 of the laws of 1920, relating to the regulation
          of boxing, sparring, and wrestling
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Chapter 912 of the laws of 1920 relating to the regulation
     2  of boxing, sparring, and wrestling is REPEALED.
     3    § 2. Article 40 and sections 900 and 901 of the general business  law,
     4  as renumbered by chapter 407 of the laws of 1973, are renumbered article
     5  43  and  sections  1200  and 1201, respectively, and a new article 41 is
     6  added to read as follows:
     7                                 ARTICLE 41
     8                              COMBATIVE SPORTS
     9  Section 1000. Definitions.
    10          1001. Combative sports authorized.
    11          1002. Combative sports prohibited.
    12          1003. State athletic commission.
    13          1004. Jurisdiction of the commission.
    14          1005. Officers and employees of the commission.
    15          1006. Sanctioning entities.
    16          1007. Licenses; general provisions.
    17          1008. Licenses; judges.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05199-11-6