HB 0021D 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to pugilistic exhibitions; providing a
3	popular name; amending s. 548.006, F.S.; requiring any
4	amateur boxing, kickboxing, or mixed martial arts match
5	held in this state to be sanctioned by a sanctioning body
6	approved by the Florida State Boxing Commission; providing
7	restrictions on such approval; amending s. 548.007, F.S.,
8	relating to applicability of ch. 548, F.S., to amateur
9	matches and certain other matches or events, to conform;
10	amending s. 548.008, F.S.; increasing the penalties for
11	participating in or promoting a professional or amateur
12	toughman or badman match; establishing a commission to
13	study the possibility of creating an oversight committee
14	responsible for the approval of sanctioning bodies
15	required under ch. 548, F.S.; providing for membership,
16	organization, and meetings; authorizing per diem and
17	reimbursement for travel expenses in the conduct of
18	official business; requiring a report; providing for
19	termination of the commission upon submission of the
20	report; providing for construction of the act in pari
21	materia with laws enacted during the 2003 Regular Session
22	or any 2003 special session of the Legislature; providing
23	an effective date.
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25	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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27	Section 1. This act shall be known by the popular name the
28	"Stacy Young Act."
29	Section 2. Subsection (4) is added to section 548.006,
30	Florida Statutes, to read:
31	548.006 Power of commission to control pugilistic contests
32	and exhibitions; certification of competitiveness of mixed
33	martial arts and kickboxing matches.--
34	(4) Any amateur boxing, kickboxing, or mixed martial arts
35	match held in this state must be sanctioned by a sanctioning
36	body approved by the commission. The commission may not approve
37	any sanctioning body whose sanctioning requirements are less
38	stringent than those of USA Boxing.
39	Section 3. Section 548.007, Florida Statutes, is amended
40	to read:
41	548.007 Applicability of act to amateur matches and
42	certain other matches or events.--With the exception of ss.
43	548.006(4) and s.548.008, ss. 548.001-548.079 do not apply to:
44	(1) Any match in which the participants are amateurs;
45	(2) Any match conducted or sponsored by a university,
46	college, or secondary school if all the participants are
47	students regularly enrolled in the institution;
48	(3) Any match conducted or sponsored by a nationally
49	chartered veterans' organization registered with the state;
50	(4) Any match conducted or sponsored by any company or
51	detachment of the Florida National Guard; or
52	(5) Any official Olympic event.
53	Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 548.008, Florida
54	Statutes, is amended to read:
55	548.008 Toughman and badman competition prohibited.--
56	(2) Any person participating in or promoting a
57	professional or amateur toughman or badman match commits is
58	guilty of a felony misdemeanor of the third seconddegree,
59	punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or s. 775.083, or s.
60	775.084.
61	Section 5. There is established a commission to study the
62	possibility of creating an oversight committee responsible for
63	the approval of sanctioning bodies required under chapter 548,
64	Florida Statutes. The commission shall consist of 11 members, of
65	whom the Governor shall appoint four members, the President of
66	the Senate shall appoint three members, and the Speaker of the
67	House of Representatives shall appoint three members. The chair
68	of the Florida State Boxing Commission shall be an ex officio,
69	voting member and the chair of the study commission. The
70	appointees should be broadly representative of the leading
71	combative competition organizations and governing bodies, such
72	as USA Boxing, Golden Gloves, International Kickboxing
73	Federation, International Sport Combat Federation, and the
74	Olympic Committee. The commission shall meet as soon as possible
75	after the effective date of this act to organize and conduct its
76	business and may meet subsequently at the call of the chair. Six
77	members shall constitute a quorum and the concurrence of four
78	members is necessary for official action. Members of the
79	commission may receive per diem and be reimbursed for travel
80	expenses as provided in s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, in the
81	conduct of official business. The commission shall report its
82	findings by February 2, 2004, to the Governor, the President of
83	the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
84	shall expire upon the submission of its report.
85	Section 6. If any law amended by this act was also amended
86	by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session or any 2003 special
87	session of the Legislature, such laws shall be construed as if
88	they had been enacted at the same session of the Legislature,
89	and full effect shall be given to each if possible.
90	Section 7. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.