As Reported by the House State Government and Elections Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

Sub. H. B. No. 152

Representative Mallory 

Cosponsors: Representatives Murray, Yuko, Combs, Letson, Ashford, O'Brien, Winburn, Stautberg, Dovilla, Huffman, Lundy, Maag 

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A BILL

To amend section 3773.32 of the Revised Code to

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exempt amateur boxing, kick boxing, karate, or

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wrestling events that benefit a charitable

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organization conducted under the supervision of

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the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio

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association of professional firefighters, or the

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Northern Ohio Fire Fighters from regulation by the

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Ohio Athletics Commission.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 3773.32 of the Revised Code be	9
amended to read as follows:	10

Sec. 3773.32.  No person shall promote, sponsor, or conduct a	11
public boxing match or exhibition unless such person is licensed	12
under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code, secures a permit to	13
conduct the match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the	14
Revised Code, and otherwise complies with sections 3773.31 to	15
3773.57 of the Revised Code.	16

No person shall promote or conduct a professional wrestling	17
match or exhibition unless such person is licensed under section	18
3773.36 of the Revised Code, secures a permit to conduct the match	19
or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, and	20
otherwise complies with applicable provisions of sections 3773.31	21
to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.	22

No person shall participate in a public boxing match or	23
exhibition as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, or	24
contestant, or as a manager, trainer, or second of a contestant,	25
unless such person is licensed under section 3773.41 of the	26
Revised Code and otherwise complies with sections 3773.31 to	27
3773.57 of the Revised Code.	28

Sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code do not apply	29
to any boxing, karate, or wrestling match or exhibition conducted	30
as part of an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic program,	31
or as part of an amateur athletic program sponsored by or under	32
the supervision of the national amateur athletic union or the	33
American olympic association in which all contestants are amateur	34
boxers, amateur participants in a karate match or exhibition, or	35
amateur wrestlers, or; to any boxing, karate, or wrestling match	36
or exhibition conducted under the supervision or control of the	37
Ohio national guard, the state militia, or reserve officers'	38
associations in which all contestants are members of the guard,	39
militia, or officers' association; or to any amateur boxing, kick	40
boxing, karate, or wrestling event or exhibition conducted under	41
the supervision of the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio	42
association of professional firefighters, or the northern Ohio	43
fire fighters, the proceeds of which benefit a charitable	44
organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under	45
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a charitable	46
organization that the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio	47
association of professional firefighters, or the northern Ohio	48
fire fighters supported before the effective date of this	49
amendment.	50

Section 2. That existing section 3773.32 of the Revised Code	51
is hereby repealed.	52