1998 Minnesota Statutes

     341.05 Duties. 

    Subdivision 1.  The board of boxing shall have charge and 
 supervision of all boxing and sparring exhibitions held in the 
 state and have power: 

    (1) To promulgate rules governing the conduct of boxing and 
 sparring exhibitions and the time and place thereof; 

    (2) To issue licenses to individuals or organizations 
 desiring to promote or conduct boxing or sparring exhibitions, 
 and to suspend or revoke the licenses at its pleasure; every 
 application for a license shall designate the territory in which 
 the individual or organization intends to operate, and the 
 license granted shall entitle the licensee to conduct the 
 exhibitions in that territory and in no other. 

    Subd. 2.  The board of boxing shall issue a license to a 
 person or organization holding, showing, or exhibiting a 
 simultaneous telecast of any live, current, or spontaneous 
 boxing or sparring match, exhibition, or performance on a closed 
 circuit telecast or subscription television program viewed 
 within the state, whether originating in this state or 
 elsewhere, and for which a charge is made.  Each such person or 
 organization shall apply for such a license in advance of each 
 showing.  

    Whoever violates the provisions of this subdivision is 
 guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished therefor as provided 
 by law.  The penalty herein provided is in addition to any other 
 penalty for violation of this subdivision as may be otherwise 
 fixed in this chapter. 

    HIST: (3260-5) 1933 c 7 s 5; 1953 c 704 s 1; 1965 c 832 s 3; 
 1967 c 451 s 1,2; 1971 c 25 s 53,54; 1971 c 792 s 1; 1973 c 582 
 s 3; 1975 c 236 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 2 s 171; 1976 c 222 
 s 179; 1976 c 239 s 94,95; 1981 c 357 s 92; 1Sp1981 c 1 art 10 s 
 30; 1984 c 502 art 14 s 14