225 ILCS 105/1

in effect

(225 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 5001) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2032) Sec. 1. Short title and definitions. (a) This Act may be cited as the Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act. (b) As used in this Act: "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation or a person authorized by the Secretary to act in the Secretary's stead. "Board" means the State of Illinois Athletic Board. "License" means the license issued for promoters, professional contestants, amateur contestants, or professional or amateur officials in accordance with this Act. "Contest" means a boxing or full-contact martial arts competition in which contestants compete against each other in matched bouts and where the public is able to attend or a fee is charged to attend. "Permit" means the authorization from the Department to a promoter to conduct a contest. "Professional promoter" means a person who is licensed and who holds a permit to conduct professional or amateur contests, or a combination of both. "Amateur promoter" means a person who is licensed and who holds a permit to conduct amateur contests. Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" includes, but is not limited to, an individual, association, organization, business entity, gymnasium, or club. "Judge" means a person licensed by the Department who is located at ringside or adjacent to the fighting area during a contest and who has the responsibility of scoring the performance of the contestants in that contest. "Referee" means a person licensed by the Department who has the general supervision of and is present inside of the ring or fighting area during a contest. "Amateur contest" means a contest where only amateur contestants are permitted to compete. "Amateur contestant" means a contestant licensed by the Department who is not competing for, and has never received or competed for, any purse or other article of value, directly or indirectly, either for participating in any contest or for the expenses of training therefor, other than a non-monetary prize that does not exceed $50 in value. "Amateur official" means a referee or judge who is licensed by the Department to participate as an official in amateur contests. "Professional contestant" means a contestant licensed by the Department who competes for a money prize, purse, or other type of compensation in a professional contest. "Professional official" means a person who is in the role of a second, referee, matchmaker, timekeeper, or judge who is licensed by the Department and permitted to participate as an official in any type of contest. "Professional contest" means a contest where only professional contestants are permitted to compete or a contest where both professional contestants and amateur contestants are permitted to compete. "Second" means a person who is present at any contest to provide assistance or advice to contestants during the contest. "Matchmaker" means a person who arranges professional or amateur contestants by record and skill level for bouts and submits those matches to the Department for consideration to compete in contests. "Manager" means a person who is not a promoter and who, under contract, agreement, or other arrangement, undertakes to, directly or indirectly, control or administer the affairs of contestants. "Timekeeper" means a person who is the official timer of the length of rounds and the intervals between the rounds. "Purse" means the financial guarantee or any other remuneration for which contestants are participating in a professional contest. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. "Martial arts" means a discipline or combination of different disciplines that utilizes sparring techniques without the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate one's opponent, such as, but not limited to, Karate, Kung Fu, Jujutsu, and Tae Kwon Do. "Full-contact martial arts" means the use of a singular discipline or a combination of techniques from different disciplines of the martial arts, including, without limitation, full-force grappling, kicking, and striking with the intent to injure, disable, or incapacitate one's opponent. "Contestant" means a person who competes in either a boxing or full-contact martial arts contest. "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. "Bout" means one match between 2 contestants. "Sanctioning body" means an organization approved by the Department under the requirements and standards stated in this Act and the rules adopted under this Act to act as a governing body that sanctions professional or amateur contests. "Email address of record" means the designated email address recorded by the Department in the applicant's application file or the licensee's license file as maintained by the Department's licensure maintenance unit. (Source: P.A. 104-796, eff. 8-7-26.)

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