NY Gen Bus L § 1007 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 41 - Combative Sports 1007 - Licenses; General Provisions.

§  1007. Licenses; general provisions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in sections one thousand six, one  thousand  eleven,  and  one  thousand seventeen  of  this article, with respect to all authorized professional combative sports in this state,  all  corporations,  entities,  persons, referees,  judges,  match-makers,  timekeepers, professionals, and their managers, trainers, and seconds shall be licensed by the commission.  No such  corporation,  entity  or person shall be permitted to participate, either directly or indirectly, in any authorized professional  combative sport, or the holding thereof, or the operation of any training facility providing  contact sparring maintained either exclusively or in part for the use of  professional  boxers  or  professional  mixed  martial  arts participants,  unless  such  corporation  or  persons  shall  have first procured a license from the commission. The commission  shall  establish by rule and regulation licensing standards for all licensees.   2.  Every  application  for a license shall be in a form prescribed by the  commission,  shall  be  addressed  to  the  commission,  shall   be subscribed  by  the  applicant, and affirmed by him or her as true under the penalties of  perjury,  and  shall  set  forth  such  facts  as  the provisions  hereof  and  the rules and regulations of the commission may require.   3. (a) The commission  shall  establish  reasonable  fees,  terms  and renewal  terms  for  licenses,  permits  and other authorizations issued pursuant to this article, provided, however,  that  all  terms,  renewal terms  and fees in effect pursuant to chapter nine hundred twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty, and any subsequent amendments  thereto, immediately  prior  to the enactment of this article, shall remain fixed at their prior statutory levels for a period of two years from enactment of this article. The commission shall publish all  fees,  including  the aforementioned, in a single location on its website. All fees set by the commission  pursuant to this section shall be subject to the approval of the director of the budget.  (b) With respect to the fees established by the commission pursuant to paragraph (a) of  this  subdivision,  when  such  fees  are  payable  in relation to authorized combative sports constituting mixed martial arts, the following shall apply:  (i)  by promoters, for contests held where the seating capacity is not more than two thousand five hundred, the promoter  shall  pay  not  more than five hundred dollars;  (ii)  by  promoters,  for  contests held where the seating capacity is greater than two thousand five hundred, but not more than five thousand, the promoter shall pay not more than one thousand dollars;  (iii) by promoters, for contests held where the  seating  capacity  is greater  than  five  thousand,  but  not more than fifteen thousand, the promoter shall pay not more than one thousand five hundred dollars;  (iv) by promoters, for contests held where  the  seating  capacity  is greater  than  fifteen thousand, but not more than twenty-five thousand, the promoter shall pay not more than two thousand five hundred dollars;  (v) by promoters, for contests held  where  the  seating  capacity  is greater  than twenty-five thousand, the promoter shall pay not more than three thousand dollars;  (vi) for referees and judges, not more than one hundred dollars;  (vii) for professional participants, managers and  trainers  not  more than fifty dollars; and  (viii) for chief seconds, not more than forty dollars.   4.  Any  license,  temporary work permit or other authorization issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked or suspended by  the commission when the licensee, permittee or authorized entity has, in the judgment of the commission, violated any provision of this article, rule  or  order  of  the  commission,  demonstrated conduct detrimental to the interests of authorized combative sports  generally  or  to  the  public interest, or when the commission deems it to be in the best interests of the health and safety of the licensee.  (a)  Any  licensee  who suffered a knockout or technical knockout in a combative sport may, upon the recommendation of the attending commission physician, be suspended by the commission, for a  period  determined  by the  commission,  and shall forfeit his or her license to the commission during such period. Such license shall not be returned to  the  licensee until  he  or  she  has met all requirements, medical and otherwise, for reinstatement of such license. All such suspensions shall be recorded in his or her license by a commission official.  (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  if  any  other  state shall revoke a licensee's license to compete in combative sports in that state,  then the commission may act to revoke any license issued to such licensee pursuant to the provisions of this article.