§ 1007 — Licenses; general provisions

§ 1007. Licenses; general provisions. 1. Except as otherwise provided\nin sections one thousand six, one thousand eleven, and one thousand\nseventeen of this article, with respect to all authorized professional\ncombative sports in this state, all corporations, entities, persons,\nreferees, judges, match-makers, timekeepers, professionals, and their\nmanagers, trainers, and seconds shall be licensed by the commission. No\nsuch corporation, entity or person shall be permitted to participate,\neither directly or indirectly, in any authorized professional combative\nsport, or the holding thereof, or the operation of any training facility\nproviding contact sparring maintained either exclusively or in part for\nthe use of professional boxers or professional mixed martial arts\nparticipants, unless such corporation or persons shall have first\nprocured a license from the commission. The commission shall establish\nby rule and regulation licensing standards for all licensees.\n 2. Every application for a license shall be in a form prescribed by\nthe commission, shall be addressed to the commission, shall be\nsubscribed by the applicant, and affirmed by him or her as true under\nthe penalties of perjury, and shall set forth such facts as the\nprovisions hereof and the rules and regulations of the commission may\nrequire.\n 3. (a) The commission shall establish reasonable fees, terms and\nrenewal terms for licenses, permits and other authorizations issued\npursuant to this article, provided, however, that all terms, renewal\nterms and fees in effect pursuant to chapter nine hundred twelve of the\nlaws of nineteen hundred twenty, and any subsequent amendments thereto,\nimmediately prior to the enactment of this article, shall remain fixed\nat their prior statutory levels for a period of two years from enactment\nof this article. The commission shall publish all fees, including the\naforementioned, in a single location on its website. All fees set by the\ncommission pursuant to this section shall be subject to the approval of\nthe director of the budget.\n (b) With respect to the fees established by the commission pursuant to\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision, when such fees are payable in\nrelation to authorized combative sports constituting mixed martial arts,\nthe following shall apply:\n (i) by promoters, for contests held where the seating capacity is not\nmore than two thousand five hundred, the promoter shall pay not more\nthan five hundred dollars;\n (ii) by promoters, for contests held where the seating capacity is\ngreater than two thousand five hundred, but not more than five thousand,\nthe promoter shall pay not more than one thousand dollars;\n (iii) by promoters, for contests held where the seating capacity is\ngreater than five thousand, but not more than fifteen thousand, the\npromoter shall pay not more than one thousand five hundred dollars;\n (iv) by promoters, for contests held where the seating capacity is\ngreater than fifteen thousand, but not more than twenty-five thousand,\nthe promoter shall pay not more than two thousand five hundred dollars;\n (v) by promoters, for contests held where the seating capacity is\ngreater than twenty-five thousand, the promoter shall pay not more than\nthree thousand dollars;\n (vi) for referees and judges, not more than one hundred dollars;\n (vii) for professional participants, managers and trainers not more\nthan fifty dollars; and\n (viii) for chief seconds, not more than forty dollars.\n 4. Any license, temporary work permit or other authorization issued\nunder the provisions of this article may be revoked or suspended by the\ncommission when the licensee, permittee or authorized entity has, in the\njudgment of the commission, violated any provision of this article, rule\nor order of the commission, demonstrated conduct detrimental to the\ninterests of authorized combative sports generally or to the public\ninterest, or when the commission deems it to be in the best interests of\nthe health and safety of the licensee.\n (a) Any licensee who suffered a knockout or technical knockout in a\ncombative sport may, upon the recommendation of the attending commission\nphysician, be suspended by the commission, for a period determined by\nthe commission, and shall forfeit his or her license to the commission\nduring such period. Such license shall not be returned to the licensee\nuntil he or she has met all requirements, medical and otherwise, for\nreinstatement of such license. All such suspensions shall be recorded in\nhis or her license by a commission official.\n (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any other state\nshall revoke a licensee's license to compete in combative sports in that\nstate, then the commission may act to revoke any license issued to such\nlicensee pursuant to the provisions of this article.\n