2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 5 - ATHLETICS AND SPORTS
Chapter 21 - Regulation of Professional Wrestling Contests and Exhibitions
Section 2101 - Promoter's license

                                CHAPTER 21
              REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING CONTESTS
                             AND EXHIBITIONS

     Sec.
     2101.  Promoter's license.
     2102.  Promoter's bonding requirements.
     2103.  Gross receipts taxes.
     2104.  Physician to be in attendance.
     2105.  Ambulance available.
     2106.  Crowd control.
     2107.  Prohibited acts.
     2108.  Enforcement.
     2109.  Penalties.
     2110.  Disposition of commission receipts.

        Enactment.  Chapter 21 was added May 13, 1992, P.L.180,
     No.32, effective immediately.
        Cross References.  Chapter 21 is referred to in section 103
     of this title.
     § 2101.  Promoter's license.
        (a)  Required.--No promoter shall conduct, hold or promote
     any professional wrestling contest or exhibition unless the
     promoter has first obtained a promoter's license from the
     commission. A promoter licensed under the act of July 1, 1989
     (P.L.160, No.29), known as the Professional Wrestling Act,
     including a promoter deemed licensed under section 3(a) of that
     act, shall be deemed licensed under this subpart, unless the
     commission has suspended or revoked the license or the license
     has expired. A promoter's license shall be issued by the
     commission upon the filing by an applicant of the following:
            (1)  A license fee of $100.
            (2)  A surety bond as required under section 2102
        (relating to promoter's bonding requirements).
            (3)  An application form stating the name, address, phone
        number, taxpayer identification number and nature of the
        entity applying for the license.
        (b)  Prohibition.--The commission shall not issue or renew a
     promoter's license to a person who has been convicted of or
     pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any of the following
     offenses during the ten years preceding the application date:
            (1)  Bribery.
            (2)  Corrupt solicitation.
            (3)  Extortion.
            (4)  Perjury or subornation of perjury.
            (5)  Carrying a deadly weapon.
            (6)  Any offense set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 43 Subch. A
        (relating to definition of offenses generally), 55 (relating
        to riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses), 59
        (relating to public indecency) or 63 (relating to minors).
            (7)  Bribery in athletic contests.
            (8)  Soliciting or accepting a bribe in athletic
        contests.
            (9)  Professional theft.
            (10)  Murder.
            (11)  Administering drugs.
            (12)  Rape.
            (13)  Indecent assault.
            (14)  Kidnapping.
            (15)  Any offense involving the use, sale or delivery of
        narcotics.
        (c)  Renewal.--A promoter's license shall be renewed annually
     upon payment of a license fee of $100 to the Athletic Commission
     Augmentation Account. The license shall expire on December 31
     next following issuance.
        (d)  Reports.--At least ten days before the scheduled date of
     any professional wrestling contest or exhibition, the promoter
     of the contest or exhibition shall notify the commission in
     writing of the date, time and location of the event.
        (e)  Suspension.--Upon conviction of a promoter for any
     violation of this subpart, the commission shall suspend the
     promoter's license for a period as follows:
            (1)  For an offense other than as provided in paragraph
        (2), 60 days.
            (2)  For an offense committed within 12 months after
        conviction of a prior offense, 90 days.
        (f)  Revocation.--Upon conviction of a promoter of a
     violation of this subpart committed within 12 months after
     conviction of a violation as defined under subsection (e)(2),
     the commission shall revoke the promoter's license. The license
     shall not be reissued prior to the expiration of one year from
     the effective date of revocation.
        (g)  Promoting without a license.--The commission may issue
     an order prohibiting a promoter from holding or promoting a
     professional wrestling contest or exhibition without having
     obtained the promoter's license required under subsection (a).
     If it is determined the respondent has engaged in the promotion
     of any professional contest or exhibition without having first
     obtained a promoter's license from the commission, the court, on
     petition by the commission, shall enjoin him from such
     activities unless and until he has been duly licensed. The
     procedure in such cases shall be the same as in any other
     injunction suit. The remedies under this subsection are in
     addition to any other remedies under this part.

        Cross References.  Section 2101 is referred to in section
     2109 of this title.