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                                   6190
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. MOYA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to exempting white
   collar boxers from provisions related to combative sports
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1021 of the general business law, as added by chap-
 ter 32 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   §  1021. Exceptions. The provisions of this article except as provided
 in subdivision twelve of section one thousand fifteen  of  this  article
 shall  not  be  construed  to apply to any sparring or boxing contest or
 exhibition conducted under the supervision or the  control  of  the  New
 York  state national guard or naval militia where all of the contestants
 are members of the active militia; nor to any such contest or exhibition
 where the contestants are all  amateurs,  sponsored  by  and  under  the
 supervision  of  any university, college, school or other institution of
 learning, recognized by the regents of the state of New York; nor to any
 business entity incorporated for the purposes of  providing  instruction
 and  evaluation  in  a  combative sport to customers for the purposes of
 health and fitness, personal development, self-defense or  participation
 in  amateur events conducted by an authorized sanctioning entity; nor to
 any such contest or [exhibitions] EXHIBITION where the  contestants  are
 all  amateurs  sponsored  by  and  under the supervision of the American
 Olympic Association or, in the case of boxing, the U.S.  Amateur  Boxing
 Federation  or its local affiliates or the American Olympic Association;
 NOR TO ANY SUCH CONTEST OR EXHIBITION  WHERE  THE  CONTESTANTS  ARE  ALL
 WHITE  COLLAR BOXERS SPONSORED BY OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE UNITED
 STATES WHITE COLLAR BOXING, INC.; nor except as to the  extent  provided
 otherwise  in  this  article,  to  any professional wrestling contest or
 exhibition as defined in  this  article.    FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  THE TERM "WHITE COLLAR BOXER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO IS NOT A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 A. 6190                             2
 
 PROFESSIONAL BOXER NOR AN AMATEUR REGISTERED  WITH  THE  U.S.    AMATEUR
 BOXING  FEDERATION,  AND  WHO  ENGAGES IN BOXING OR SPARRING CONTESTS OR
 EXHIBITIONS WHERE NO CASH PRIZES ARE AWARDED TO PARTICIPANTS, AND  WHERE
 THE  PRIZE  COMPETED FOR SHALL NOT EXCEED, IN VALUE, THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS
 OR A MAXIMUM AMOUNT  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES  WHITE  COLLAR
 BOXING,  INC.  Any  individual, association, corporation or club, except
 elementary or high schools or equivalent institutions of learning recog-
 nized by the regents of the state of New York, who or which conducts  an
 amateur  contest  OR  A  WHITE  COLLAR  BOXING  CONTEST pursuant to this
 section must register with the U. S. Amateur Boxing  Federation  or  its
 local  affiliates  OR  THE  UNITED  STATES WHITE COLLAR BOXING, INC. and
 abide by [its] THE rules and regulations OF THE APPROPRIATE  SANCTIONING
 BODY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.