Text: HSB00630 Text: HSB00632 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 90A.13 EXTREME FIGHTING 1 2 CONTESTS. 1 3 1. A person shall not hold, promote, or participate in an 1 4 extreme fighting contest in this state. 1 5 2. For purposes of this section, "extreme fighting 1 6 contest" means any amateur contest other than boxing, 1 7 sparring, wrestling, or martial arts in which a contestant 1 8 delivers, or is not forbidden by the applicable rules of the 1 9 contest from delivering, kicks, punches, or blows of any kind 1 10 to the body of an opponent. The commissioner shall adopt 1 11 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to distinguish extreme fighting 1 12 contests from boxing and wrestling contests permitted under 1 13 this chapter, from exhibitions or contests of the martial 1 14 arts, and from other sports. 1 15 3. A person who violates this section or the rules adopted 1 16 pursuant to this section commits a simple misdemeanor. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill prohibits a person from holding, promoting, or 1 19 participating in an extreme fighting contest in this state. 1 20 The bill defines "extreme fighting contest" to mean any 1 21 amateur contest other than boxing, sparring, wrestling, or 1 22 martial arts in which the contestants deliver, or are not 1 23 forbidden by the applicable rules of the contest from 1 24 delivering, kicks, punches, or blows of any kind to the body 1 25 of an opponent. The bill requires the state commissioner of 1 26 athletics to adopt rules to distinguish extreme fighting 1 27 contests from boxing and wrestling contests permitted under 1 28 Code chapter 90A, from exhibitions or contests of the martial 1 29 arts, and from other sports. 1 30 The bill makes it a simple misdemeanor to violate the 1 31 prohibition. 1 32 LSB 6575HC 79 1 33 kh/pj/5
Text: HSB00630 Text: HSB00632 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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