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...te in a public boxing match, mixed martial arts event, or any other unarmed combat sport regulated by the Ohio athletic commission as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, or contestant, or as a manager, trainer, or second of a contestant, shall apply for a license from the Ohio athletic commission. The application shall be on forms provided by the commission. Each application shall be accompanied by the applicat...

...ion fee, the Ohio athletic commission shall issue the license to the applicant if it determines that the applicant is not likely to engage in acts detrimental to the fair and honest conduct of public boxing matches, mixed martial arts events, or any other unarmed combat sports regulated by the commission and is qualified to hold such a license by reason of the applicant's knowledge and experience. A person shall no...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall issue a referee's, judge's, matchmaker's, timekeeper's, manager's, trainer's, contestant's, or second's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (A) The applicant holds a license in another state. (B) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as de...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall charge the following fees: (A) For an application for or renewal of a promoter's license for a public or private competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts, one hundred dollars. (B) For an application for or renewal of a license to participate in a public boxing mat...

...r 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 contest. No licensee shall fail to ...

...(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...

...xing 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 be conducted a sham or fake match or exhibition unless th...

...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Violate sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 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 3773.3...

...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.

...xing or wrestling match or exhibition shall cause to be inserted into each advertisement of the match or exhibition the price of admission. Each ticket of admission to any such match or exhibition shall clearly bear the purchase price. No person shall sell such a ticket for a price greater than that printed on the ticket. No tickets shall be sold except from the box office on the premises in which the match or exhib...

...r 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 exhibition. This limitation on the number of tickets extends to the is...

...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 ...

...ee: (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 commission, including a conviction under sections 2913.02, 2915.05, or 2921.02 of the Revised Code; (C) Is or has been consorting with bookmakers or gambler...

... to 3773.57 of the Revised Code apply shall fail to mail to the Ohio athletic commission a written report that shows the number of tickets sold for the match or exhibition and the amount of gross proceeds within twenty-four hours after the determination of the outcome of the match or exhibition. The person shall pay to the commission a tax of five per cent of the gross proceeds from the sale of tickets to the match o...

...ords of such person. The commission may also subpoena and examine under oath any persons to determine the amount of gross proceeds for a match or exhibition and the amount of tax due. If a person who conducts a public boxing match or exhibition under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code does not pay the tax due on or before the date prescribed by the commission, the person shall pay interest on the amount...

...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 Code shall be deposited in the occupational licensing and regulatory fund. All vouchers of the commission shall be approved by the chairperson of the commission.

...d 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 ordinance or resolution prohibiting suc...

...ed Code, the Ohio athletic commission shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Whoever violates section 3773.06 or 3773.50 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3773.32, 3773.40, 3773.44, 3773.45, 3773.46, or 3773.47, division (A) of section 3773.54, or division (B) of section 3773.33 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3773.48 or 3773.49 of the Revised Code is guilty o...

...(B) "Entry fee" means cash or cash equivalent that a fantasy contest operator requires to be paid by a fantasy contest player to participate in a fantasy contest. (C) "Fantasy contest" means a simulated game or contest with an entry fee that satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) The value of all prizes and awards offered to winning fantasy contest players is established and made known to the players in adv...

...his state, a fantasy contest operator shall pay to the commission a nonrefundable license fee. (2) Unless a license issued under this chapter is suspended, expires, or is revoked, a license may be renewed. After a determination by the commission that the licensee is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted by the commission under this chapter or division (L) of section 3772.03 of the Revised Code, the lice...

...The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as are necessary to complete the functions and address the subjects enumerated in division (A) of this section. (A) The commission may adopt, and as advisable and necessary may amend or repeal, rules that include all of the following: (1) Prohibiting fantasy contest operator's employees, relatives living in the same household as those emplo...

...(A) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain in a place secure from theft, loss, or destruction all of the records required to be maintained by this chapter for at least five years from the date of the record's creation. (B) Each fantasy contest operator shall retain and maintain accurate, complete, legible, and permanent records, whether in electronic or other format, of any books, records, or docu...

...ering a fantasy contest in this state shall conduct sufficient auditing as determined by the commission.