2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .071   License and permit requirement for professional matches -- Fees -- Permit preference to Kentucky residents.

229.071 License and permit requirement for professional matches -- Fees -- Permit preference to Kentucky residents. (1) No person shall conduct or advertise a professional match without a license and permit issued by the authority to conduct the match. An accompanying program of events shall be filed with the application for permit which specifies the location, date and time of the match. (2) If, in the judgment of the authority, the financial responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of an applicant, including in the case of corporations its officers and stockholders, are such that the participation of the applicant will be consistent with the public interest, convenience, or necessity and with the best interests of boxing or wrestling generally and in conformity with the purposes of this chapter, the authority may grant an annual license in accordance with the provisions of subsection (3) of this section. (3) The annual license fee shall be established by the authority by promulgation of administrative regulations. (4) No person may be issued an annual license unless he or she has been a resident of Kentucky for sixty (60) days prior to the issuance thereof, or in the case of a corporation, unless it has qualified to do business in the Commonwealth. (5) In determining which applicant may be granted a permit to conduct a professional wrestling match, the authority shall give preference to Kentucky residents and domestic corporations. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 8, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 286, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 1, effective March 30, 1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 233, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 7.