2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 41 - Combative Sports › 1019 - Penalties.

§  1019. Penalties. 1. A person who knowingly advances or profits from
  a prohibited combative sport shall be guilty of a class  A  misdemeanor,
  and  shall be guilty of a class E felony if he or she has been convicted
  in the previous five years of violating this subdivision.
2. Any person who knowingly advances  or  profits  from  a  prohibited
  combative  sport  shall also be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
  for the first violation ten thousand dollars or twice the amount of gain
  derived therefrom whichever is greater, or for  a  subsequent  violation
  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  or  twice  the  amount  of  gain derived
  therefrom whichever is greater. The attorney general is hereby empowered
  to commence judicial proceedings to recover such penalties and to obtain
  injunctive relief to enforce the provisions of this section.
3. Any person or corporation who directly or indirectly  conducts  any
  combative sport without first having procured an appropriate license, or
  having been designated an authorized sanctioning entity as prescribed in
  this   article  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor.  Any  person  who
  participates in a combative sport  as  a  referee,  judge,  match-maker,
  timekeeper,  professional,  manager,  trainer,  or  second without first
  having procured an appropriate license as prescribed in this article, or
  where such combative sport is prohibited under  this  article  shall  be
  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor.  Any  person, partnership or corporation who
  promotes a professional wrestling  match  or  exhibition  in  the  state
  without  first having procured an appropriate license in accordance with
  section one thousand seventeen of this article, shall  be  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor.
4.  Any corporation, entity, person or persons, licensed, permitted or
  otherwise authorized under the provisions of this  article,  that  shall
  knowingly  violate  any rule or order of the commission or any provision
  of this article, in addition to any other  penalty  by  law  prescribed,
  shall  be  liable  to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars
  for the first offense and not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for
  the second and each subsequent offense, to be imposed by the commission,
  to be sued for by the attorney-general in the name of the people of  the
  state  of  New  York  if directed by the commission. The commission, for
  cause shown, may extend the time for the payment of such penalty and, by
  compromise, may accept less than the amount of such penalty  as  imposed
  in   settlement   thereof.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  each
  transaction or statutory violation shall constitute a separate  offense,
  except  that a second or subsequent offense shall not be deemed to exist
  unless a decision has been rendered in a prior, separate and independent
  proceeding.
5. On  the  first  infraction  of  rules  or  regulations  promulgated
  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of  section  one  thousand  nine of this
  article,  which  infraction  may  include  more  than   one   individual
  violation,  the  commission may impose a civil fine of up to two hundred
  fifty dollars for each health and safety violation and may  suspend  the
  training  facility's  license  until  the  violation  or  violations are
  corrected. On the second such infraction, the commission  may  impose  a
  civil  fine  of  up  to  five hundred dollars for each health and safety
  violation and may suspend the  training  facility's  license  until  the
  violation  or  violations are corrected. On the third such infraction or
  for subsequent infractions, the commission may impose a civil fine of up
  to seven hundred fifty dollars for each health and safety violation  and
  may revoke the training facility's license.
6.  Any  individual, corporation, association or club failing to fully
  comply with paragraph (a) of subdivision twelve of section one  thousand
  fifteen  of  this  article shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred
  dollars to be collected by and paid to  the  department  of  state.  Any

  individual,   corporation,   association  or  club  is  prohibited  from
  operating any shows or exhibitions until all penalties due  pursuant  to
  this  section  and taxes, interest and penalties due pursuant to article
  nineteen of the tax law have been paid.
7.  All  penalties  imposed  and  collected by the commission from any
  corporation, entity, person or persons licensed under the provisions  of
  this  article, which fines and penalties are imposed and collected under
  authority hereby vested shall  within  thirty  days  after  the  receipt
  thereof by the commission be paid by them into the state treasury.