2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 3A. Amusements and Sports › §3A-607. Application for sanctioning permit or license - Notice of sanction.

A. The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission shall promulgate rules necessary to implement processes for issuing sanctioning permits for professional combative sports events, amateur mixed martial arts events and amateur kickboxing events held or given in this state and for issuing licenses for participants of sanctioned contests and exhibitions, except those events and persons specifically exempt by the provisions of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission Act.
B. All persons or entities who participate in any professional combative sports event, amateur mixed martial arts event or amateur kickboxing event sanctioned by the Commission, including, but not limited to, professional combative sports practitioners, corner persons, booking agents, matchmakers, promoters, referees, judges, timekeepers, vendors, physicians, announcers, clubs, and corporations associated with a professional combative sports event or amateur mixed martial arts event sanctioned by the Commission, shall be required to make application to the Commission for a license to participate in this state in any professional combative sports event, amateur mixed martial arts event or amateur kickboxing event sanctioned by the Commission.
C. An application for a sanctioning permit or a license shall be on such form and require such information as shall be prescribed by the Commission.
D. The Commission shall determine reasonable costs and fees associated with issuing sanctioning permits and licenses. All costs and fees for sanctioning an event shall be payable by the promoter making application for a sanctioning permit. Costs and fees for a license may be paid by the participant making application or by the promoter of an event sanctioned by the Commission.
E. A sanctioning permit shall be in effect upon the date issued by the Commission and shall expire upon the conclusion of the event, unless the sanctioning permit is suspended or revoked for just cause by the Commission. Licenses shall be in effect upon the date issued by the Commission, and all licenses shall expire June 30 unless the license is suspended or revoked for just cause by the Commission.
F. Only promoters whose professional combative sports events, amateur mixed martial arts events and amateur kickboxing events that have been sanctioned by the Commission are authorized to place a notice of sanction on printed and promotional materials associated with the sanctioned event, which shall include but not be limited to advertising, tickets, programs, posters, souvenirs, wearing apparel, billboards, marquees and promotional signs inside and outside the venue where the event is to be held, and broadcasting, including, but not limited to, radio, television, including cable television, pay-per-view television, and closed-circuit television and motion pictures of the event. The notice of sanction shall substantially state the following:
"Pursuant to the provisions of Section 601 et seq. of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes and the rules of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission, THIS EVENT IS SANCTIONED BY THE OKLAHOMA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION. Sanctioning Permit No. _______."
G. All fees and other monies resulting from sanctioning professional combative sports events, amateur mixed martial arts events and amateur kickboxing events and licenses shall be placed to the credit of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission Revolving Fund.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 240, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 202, § 5, emerg. eff. May 19, 1995; Laws 1998, c. 348, § 3, emerg. eff. June 5, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 210, § 7, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2008, c. 329, § 8, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2012, c. 359, § 7; Laws 2021, c. 209, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
NOTE: Editorially renumbered from § 506 of this title to provide consistency in numbering.