Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 440 · 35 active provisions
As used in this chapter: "Amateur boxing contest" is one in which no contestant has boxed with or against a professional boxer or another amateur boxer for a money prize or purse, except as provided in this chapter. "Boxing" means a contest in which the act of attack and defense is practiced with gloved fists by two co…
There shall be a board which shall be known as the state boxing commission of Hawaii. The commission shall consist of five members. At least one of the members shall be a member of USA Boxing, Inc. One member shall be designated by the governor as chairperson of the commission.
The director may appoint deputy commissioners; provided that the director has the approval of the commission prior to any appointment. The director may remove deputy commissioners after consultation with the commission. The commission may direct the deputy commissioner or deputy commissioners to be present at any boxin…
The commission may adopt, amend, and repeal rules that it considers necessary or expedient for the conduct of its business and the regulation of the matters in this chapter committed to its charge. The rules when adopted pursuant to chapter 91 shall have the force and effect of law.
Subject to chapter 76, the department of commerce and consumer affairs may employ clerks, inspectors, and other employees as it deems necessary.
The chairperson or the executive officer may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses before the commission, with the same effect as if the subpoenas were issued in an action in the circuit court, and may administer oaths in all matters connected with the administration of the affairs of the commission. Disobedi…
In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to provide for the following: (1) An appropriate method of ensuring that all financial obligations are met by a promoter who conducts, holds, or gives a boxing contest; (2) A public record accounting fo…
(a) The commission is vested with the sole jurisdiction, direction, management, and control over all professional and amateur boxing, to be conducted, held, or given within the State. No professional or amateur boxing contest shall be conducted, held, or given within the State except in accordance with this chapter and…
(a) Any individual or club may apply to the commission for a license to conduct, hold, or give professional boxing contests. The application shall be in writing, addressed to the commission, and signed by the applicant, or if the applicant is a club, by a duly authorized officer, partner, or member thereof, and shall i…
(a) The application for a license to promote professional boxing contests shall be accompanied by a fee as provided in rules adopted by the director pursuant to chapter 91. (b) For approval to conduct, hold, or give a boxing contest, a promoter shall provide proof of medical insurance for boxers in accordance with rule…
(a) Any individual may apply to the commission for a license to act as a physician, referee, judge, matchmaker, manager, timekeeper, second, or professional boxer to participate, either directly or indirectly, in any boxing contest. The application shall be in writing, addressed to the commission, and signed by the app…
(a) License fees shall be paid annually to the State by every applicant to whom a license is issued to participate in the conduct of professional boxing in any of the capacities set forth in this chapter: promoter, physician, referee, judge, matchmaker, manager, timekeeper, second, and professional boxer. The charge fo…
(a) No boxing contest shall be conducted, held, or given unless all the parties participating, as designated herein, are licensed by the commission, and it shall be unlawful for any individual or club to participate in a boxing contest in any capacity designated herein unless the person is licensed to do so. (b) The co…
(a) Every individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests, within seventy-two hours after the determination of every boxing contest for which admission fees are charged and received, shall furnish to the commission a written report, duly verified, showing the number of tickets sold for th…
Whenever any individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests fails to make a report of any boxing contest at the time and in the manner herein prescribed, or whenever the report is unsatisfactory to the commission, the executive officer, at the licensee's expense, may examine, or cause to…
All tickets of admission to any boxing contest for which admission fees are charged and received shall have printed clearly upon the face thereof the purchase price of same, and no ticket shall be sold for more than the price as printed thereon.
The commission shall appoint official representatives designated as inspectors, each of whom shall receive from the commission a card or badge authorizing the person to act as inspector whenever the commission may designate the person to so act. An inspector or the executive officer shall be present at all professional…
(a) At each boxing contest there shall be in attendance a duly licensed referee designated by the commission, who shall direct and control the contest. Before starting the boxing contest, the referee shall ascertain from each contestant the name of the contestant's chief second and shall hold the chief second responsib…
The boxing commission may in its discretion appoint two judges to act with the referee in rendering a decision or three judges to act with a nonvoting referee in rendering a decision.
Every individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests shall have in attendance at every boxing contest at least two physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State and duly licensed hereunder, who shall observe the physical condition of the contestants and advise the referee with re…
Any individual or club who conducts, holds, or gives or participates in any sham or fake boxing contest, knowing the same to be a sham or fake, shall forfeit the license issued in accordance with this chapter, and the license shall be canceled and declared void by the commission. The individual or club and any officers…
Any contestant who knowingly participates in any sham or false boxing contest shall be suspended by the boxing commission for not less than twelve months from the date of the offense from further participation in any boxing contest held or given under this chapter and may be permanently disqualified from further partic…
The commission, with respect to any boxing contest or with respect to any class of contestants, may limit the number of rounds of a boxing contest within the maximum of twelve rounds.
(a) No commission member or staff, appointee, or any individual or club holding a license to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests, nor any officer, partner, or member, may receive any compensation from any person who sanctions, arranges, or promotes professional boxing contests; nor shall they have, either directly o…
All moneys paid to a contestant for services, as money prize, reward, compensation, or otherwise, shall be considered wages. No contestant shall be paid for services before a boxing contest, provided that with the approval of the commission, a promoter may advance sums of money for training purposes.