2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .171   Authority to control and manage professional boxing and wrestling -- Development of regulatory programs and procedures.

229.171 Authority to control and manage professional boxing and wrestling -- Development of regulatory programs and procedures. (1) The authority shall have and hereby is vested with the sole direction, management, control, and jurisdiction over all professional boxing, sparring, and wrestling matches or exhibitions to be conducted, held, or given within the Commonwealth. The authority is hereby given the sole control, authority, and jurisdiction over all licenses to hold boxing, sparring, or wrestling matches or exhibitions for prizes or purses or where an admission fee is received, and over all licenses to any and all persons who participate in the boxing, sparring, or wrestling matches or exhibitions. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the authority shall be responsible for the following: (a)  Developing programs and procedures which will aggressively fulfill its oversight and regulatory role, with full accountability and internal controls to protect professional athletes in the ring; (b)  Adhering to the best regulatory practices and due process procedures to protect the regulated community and the interests of the Commonwealth, and ensuring that all education and training requirements for hearing officers and members serving as hearing officers under KRS Chapter 13B are met; (c)  Developing the Commonwealth's goals of providing the professional staff necessary to ensure that events are effectively regulated, while allowing authority members to provide the policy oversight necessary to protect the integrity of the regulatory program; and (d)  Recommending changes to statutory and regulatory authorities to best protect professional athletes, while promoting Kentucky as a world-class market for major events. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 6, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 286, sec. 8, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 5.