Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) The Ohio athletic commission shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribing the conditions under which prize fights and public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions may be conducted, classifying professional boxers by weight, and providing for the administration of sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. The rules may require that an appli...

...anied by an application fee as prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code and, with the exception of wrestling events, by a surety bond of not less than twenty thousand dollars conditioned for compliance with sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code and the rules of the commission. The commission shall prescribe the form of the application for the promoter's license. The application ...

...on, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a promoter in a state that does not issue that license. (C) Each license issued pursuant to this section shall bear the name of the licensee, the post office address of the licensee, the date of expiration, an identification number designated by the commission, and the seal of the commission. (D) A promoter's license shall expire twelve months after i...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall cause a photograph with identification of any person signing the application for a license under section 3773.35 or 3773.41 of the Revised Code to be taken in duplicate and filed with the commission.. For purposes of this section, the commission may allow a photograph with identification to be a photocopy of a valid commercial driver's license issued under Chapter 4506. or a driver'...

... be made in writing and on forms prescribed by the commission, shall be filed with the commission, and shall be accompanied by the permit fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code. The application for a permit issued under this section shall include the date and starting time of the match or exhibition, the address of the place where the match or exhibition is to be held, the names of the contestants, th...

...o conduct the match or exhibition described in the permit. (C) Each permit issued pursuant to this section shall bear the name and post office address of the applicant, the address of the place where the public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition is to be held, the date and starting time of the match or exhibition, and a serial number designated by the commission. A permit issued under this section shall allow ...

...an that stated in the application. The Ohio athletic commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, upon application by a holder of a permit under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, may allow the permit holder to hold the match or exhibition for which the permit was issued at an alternative site that is within the same municipal corporation or township and that offers substan...

...companied by the application fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code. The applicant shall verify the application under oath. The commission shall prescribe the form of the application for a participant's license. The application shall include the correct and ring or assumed name, if any, of the applicant, the applicant's address, the applicant's date and place of birth, the applicant's occupation, and ...

...l and payment of the renewal fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code, the commission shall renew the license unless it denies the application for one or more reasons stated in section 3123.47 or 3773.53 of the Revised Code.

...on, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, manager, trainer, contestant, or second in a state that does not issue that license.

...e than fifty per cent. The fees prescribed by this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state, who shall deposit the fees in the occupational licensing and regulatory fund.

...No holder of a promoter's license under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code shall fail to insure each contestant in a public boxing match or exhibition the promoter conducts for hospital, nursing, and medication expenses and for physicians' and surgeons' services. The amount of such insurance shall not be less than five thousand dollars and shall be paid to or for the use of a contestant for any injuries sustained in...

...(A) The Ohio athletic commission shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules that do both of the following: (1) Require the physical examination by appropriate medical personnel of each contestant in any public competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, karate, tough man contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts within a specified time period before and after the competiti...

...No person who sponsors, promotes, or conducts a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition shall do any of the following: (A) Knowingly permit a person less than eighteen years of age to participate in a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition; (B) Knowingly permit gambling, betting, or wagering on the result of a contingency in connection with the match or exhibition; (C) Knowingly conduct or allow to ...

... of the Revised Code or any rule of the Ohio athletic commission; (B) Gamble, bet, or wager on the result of a contingency connected with a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition; (C) Participate in a sham or fake public boxing match or exhibition that is conducted by a holder of a promoter's license issued under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code; (D) Participate in a public boxing match or exhibition if...

...No person shall have any financial interest in a boxer competing on premises owned or leased by the person or in which the person is otherwise financially interested.

...eld or such additional locations as the Ohio athletic commission has authorized in writing as locations from which tickets may be sold for a designated match or exhibition.

...No person licensed under section 3773.36 and issued a permit under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code shall sell and issue or cause to be sold or issued more tickets or invitations of admission to a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition than, or admit to such match or exhibition a number of persons that exceeds, the authorized capacity of the facility or that part of the facility used for the match or exhib...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall appoint from among licensed referees, physicians, timekeepers, and judges the officials for public boxing matches and exhibitions held under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. These officials shall be employed by the commission as provided in section 3773.56 of the Revised Code and shall be paid by the person conducting the match or exhibition.

...The Ohio athletic commission shall employ inspectors to attend each public boxing match or exhibition held under a permit issued under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code. Only one inspector shall be assigned to any one facility for any one match or exhibition. Any member of the commission may act as an inspector, and when acting as an inspector shall be paid as provided in this section. The inspector shall monitor ...

...The Ohio athletic commission may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license issued under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code if the licensee: (A) Has committed an act detrimental to any sport regulated by this chapter or to the public interest, convenience, or necessity; (B) Is associating or consorting with any person who has been convicted of a crime involving the sports regulated by the comm...

...he person shall pay to the commission a tax of five per cent of the gross proceeds from the sale of tickets to the match or exhibition. The commission shall adopt rules concerning the time of payment of such taxes. Such taxes shall be levied for the purpose of providing revenue with which the state may regulate boxing, kick boxing, karate, tough man contests or tough guy contests, wrestling, and any other form of box...

...he tax due on or before the date prescribed by the commission, the person shall pay interest on the amount of tax due at a rate of five per cent per month, up to a maximum of twenty-five per cent. The commission shall send a notice of delinquency to such a taxpayer. A delinquent taxpayer may be disqualified from receiving a new license. Any delinquent taxpayer who does not pay the tax due and the interest on it withi...

...The Ohio athletic commission may appoint an executive director and employ such persons as are necessary to administer sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 and Chapter 4771. of the Revised Code and fix their compensation. Such executive director and employees shall serve in the unclassified status and at the pleasure of the commission. All receipts received by the commission under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised C...

...The Ohio athletic commission and the commission's executive director shall not issue a license or permit to conduct public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions in a municipal corporation or the unincorporated portion of a township if the commission or the commission's executive director determines that the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of township trustees has in effect an ordinanc...