Alabama Administrative Code › Title 165 - ALABAMA ATHLETIC COMMISSION › Chapter 165-X-8 - PROFESSIONAL BARE-KNUCKLE BOXING › Section 165-X-8-.02 - Licenses

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Application
			 Procedures.
(a) Terms and Agreements. Every
			 license issued is subject to the terms, conditions, and agreements set forth in
			 the application as well as those set forth in these rules and the Alabama
			 Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts Act.
(b) Application Forms. Applications for
			 annual license shall be submitted to the Commission on an application form
			 provided by the Commission.
(c)
			 Incomplete Applications.
1. No license or
			 permit shall be issued until the person seeking the license or permit has
			 submitted a complete application.
2. Applications submitted without proper
			 payment as provided in these rules will not be processed or approved.
(d) License Application Due Date.
			 Except as provided in
			 165-X-8-.03(1)(a)
			 below, all license applications must be submitted prior to the weigh-in
			 preceding the first professional match, contest, or exhibition in which the
			 applicant intends to participate in this state.
1. No official weigh-in will be conducted for
			 an unlicensed bare-knuckle boxer unless approved by a Commission
			 official.
2. Licenses shall be
			 issued annually and shall expire on December 31 of each calendar
			 year.
(e) Approval and
			 Denial of Participant Licenses. Annual licenses for referees, judges,
			 timekeepers, matchmakers, bare-knuckle boxers, managers, trainers and seconds,
			 may be approved or denied by the Commission.
1. Any individual denied a license by the
			 Commission can appeal the denial of the license to the Commission. The appeal
			 will be heard by the Commission at a hearing set by the Commission. At the
			 conclusion of the hearing, Commission will vote to sustain or overrule the
			 denial.
(f) Background
			 Investigation. The Commission shall request general background information of
			 any applicant for any license.
(g)
			 Denial of License. The Commission may deny issuing a license to any person who
			 has violated the Alabama Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts Act, or has
			 violated Commission rules and regulations or violated Commission bylaws or who
			 submits an application containing false statements or material
			 omissions.
(h) Expiration Date.
			 Annual licenses are valid until December 31 of the calendar year in which they
			 are issued.
(i) Verbal or physical
			 abuse of official or commission appointed supervisor. Any licensee who verbally
			 or physically abuses an official or member of the Commission, or its appointed
			 supervisor of a match, contest, or exhibition shall be summarily suspended and
			 his or her license may be revoked.
(j) Communication with Commission. Anyone
			 wishing to communicate with members of the Commission must notify the executive
			 director of the Commission two (2) weeks prior to the next regularly scheduled
			 meeting. Timely written notices will be added to the meeting's agenda. Any
			 person wishing to address the Commission shall be given the opportunity to do
			 so during the new business section of the next regularly scheduled Commission
			 meeting.
1. Promoters, referees, judges,
			 timekeepers, matchmakers, bare-knuckle boxers, managers, trainers, seconds or
			 their agents, are prohibited from petitioning any individual Commissioner with
			 the intent of affecting the outcome of an application or other issue being
			 actively reviewed or expected to be reviewed by the Commission. Persons who
			 violate this rule shall be subject to disciplinary action.
(k) Documents. All documents submitted to the
			 Commission for the purposes of making application or any other purpose shall be
			 property of the Commission.