1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to boxing; changing the name of the Minnesota Boxing Commission; 
1.3 	providing penalties; extending jurisdiction of the commission; authorizing 
1.4 	rulemaking; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.5 	341.21, as amended; 341.23; 341.26; 341.28, as amended; 341.29; 341.30; 
1.6 	341.32, as amended; 341.33; 341.34, subdivision 1; 341.35; 341.37; Minnesota 
1.7 	Statutes 2007 Supplement, sections 214.04, subdivision 3; 341.22; 341.25; 
1.8 	341.27; 341.321; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.9 	341; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.31.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 214.04, subdivision 3, is 
1.12 	amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 3.Officers; staff. The executive director of each health-related board and 
1.14 	the executive secretary of each non-health-related board shall be the chief administrative 
1.15 	officer for the board but shall not be a member of the board. The executive director or 
1.16 	executive secretary shall maintain the records of the board, account for all fees received 
1.17 	by it, supervise and direct employees servicing the board, and perform other services as 
1.18 	directed by the board. The executive directors, executive secretaries, and other employees 
1.19 	of the following boards shall be hired by the board, and the executive directors or executive 
1.20 	secretaries shall be in the unclassified civil service, except as provided in this subdivision:
1.21 	(1) Dentistry;
1.22 	(2) Medical Practice;
1.23 	(3) Nursing;
1.24 	(4) Pharmacy;
1.25 	(5) Accountancy;
2.1 	(6) Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, 
2.2 	Geoscience, and Interior Design;
2.3 	(7) Barber Examiners;
2.4 	(8) Cosmetology;
2.5 	(9) Teaching;
2.6 	(10) Peace Officer Standards and Training;
2.7 	(11) Social Work;
2.8 	(12) Marriage and Family Therapy;
2.9 	(13) Dietetics and Nutrition Practice; and
2.10 	(14) Licensed Professional Counseling.; and
2.11 	(15) Combative Sports Commission.
2.12 	The executive directors or executive secretaries serving the boards are hired by those 
2.13 	boards and are in the unclassified civil service, except for part-time executive directors 
2.14 	or executive secretaries, who are not required to be in the unclassified service. Boards 
2.15 	not requiring full-time executive directors or executive secretaries may employ them on 
2.16 	a part-time basis. To the extent practicable, the sharing of part-time executive directors 
2.17 	or executive secretaries by boards being serviced by the same department is encouraged. 
2.18 	Persons providing services to those boards not listed in this subdivision, except executive 
2.19 	directors or executive secretaries of the boards and employees of the attorney general, are 
2.20 	classified civil service employees of the department servicing the board. To the extent 
2.21 	practicable, the commissioner shall ensure that staff services are shared by the boards 
2.22 	being serviced by the department. If necessary, a board may hire part-time, temporary 
2.23 	employees to administer and grade examinations.

2.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.21, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 
2.26 	135, article 3, section 30, is amended to read:
2.27 	341.21 DEFINITIONS.
2.28 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
2.29 		Subd. 2.Boxing. "Boxing" means the act of attack and defense with the fists, using 
2.30 	padded gloves, that is practiced as a sport under the rules of the Association of Boxing 
2.31 	Commissions, or equivalent. Where applicable, boxing includes tough person contests.
2.32 		Subd. 2a.Combatant. "Combatant" means an individual who employs the act of 
2.33 	attack and defense as a boxer, tough person, or mixed martial artist while engaged in 
2.34 	a combative sport.
3.1 		Subd. 2b.Combative sport. "Combative sport" means a sport that employs the act 
3.2 	of attack and defense with the fists, with or without using padded gloves, or feet that is 
3.3 	practiced as a sport under the rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions, unified 
3.4 	rules for mixed martial arts, or their equivalent. Combative sports include professional 
3.5 	boxing and professional and amateur tough person and professional and amateur mixed 
3.6 	martial arts contests.
3.7 		Subd. 3.Commission. "Commission" means the Minnesota BoxingCombative 
3.8 	Sports Commission.
3.9 		Subd. 4.Combative sports contest. "Combative sports contest" means any a 
3.10 	professional boxing, a professional or amateur tough person, or a professional or amateur 
3.11 	mixed martial art bout, competitioncontest, match, or exhibition.
3.12 		Subd. 4a.Director. "Director" means the executive director of the commission.
3.13 		Subd. 4b.HBV. "HBV" means the hepatitis B virus with the e-antigen present in 
3.14 	the most recent blood test.
3.15 		Subd. 4c.HCV. "HCV" means the hepatitis C virus.
3.16 		Subd. 4d.HIV. "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus.
3.17 		Subd. 4e.Individual. "Individual" means a living human being.
3.18 		Subd. 4f.Mixed martial arts contest. "Mixed martial arts contest" means a contest 
3.19 	between two or more individuals consisting of any combination of full contact martial art 
3.20 	including, but not limited to, Muay Thai and Karate, kickboxing, wrestling, grappling, 
3.21 	or other recognized martial art.
3.22 		Subd. 4g.Person. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited 
3.23 	liability company, organization, or other business entity organized and existing under law, 
3.24 	its officers and directors, or a person holding 25 percent or more of the ownership of a 
3.25 	corporation that is authorized to do business under the laws of this state.
3.26 		Subd. 5.Professional. "Professional" means any person who competes for any 
3.27 	money prize or a prize that exceeds the value of $50 or teaches, pursues, or assists in the 
3.28 	practice of boxing a combative sport  as a means of obtaining a livelihood or pecuniary 
3.29 	gain.
3.30 		Subd. 6.Director. "Director" means the executive director of the commission.
3.31 		Subd. 7.Tough person contest. "Tough person contest," including contests 
3.32 	marketed as tough man and or tough woman contests, means any boxing match consisting
3.33 	a contest of one-minute rounds two-minute rounds consisting of not more than four rounds
3.34 	between two or more persons individuals who use their hands, or their feet, or both, in any 
3.35 	manner. Tough person contest does not include kick boxing kickboxing or any recognized 
3.36 	martial arts competition contest.
4.1 		Subd. 8.Mixed martial arts. "Mixed martial arts" means any combination of 
4.2 	boxing, kick boxing, wrestling, grappling, or other recognized martial arts.

4.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

4.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.22, is amended to read:
4.5 	341.22 BOXING COMBATIVE SPORTS COMMISSION.
4.6 	There is hereby created the Minnesota Boxing Combative Sports Commission 
4.7 	consisting of nine members who are citizens of this state. The members must be appointed 
4.8 	by the governor. One member of the commission must be a retired judge of the Minnesota 
4.9 	district court, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Minnesota Supreme Court, the United States 
4.10 	District Court for the District of Minnesota, or the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and 
4.11 	at least three four members must have knowledge of the boxing industry. At least four 
4.12 	members must have knowledge of the mixed martial arts industry. The governor shall 
4.13 	make serious efforts to appoint qualified women to serve on the commission. Membership 
4.14 	terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership 
4.15 	vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements must be as provided in sections 
4.16 	214.07 to 214.09. Unless otherwise provided, the provision of staff, administrative 
4.17 	services, and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of fees; and 
4.18 	other provisions relating to commission operations must be are as provided in chapter 214. 
4.19 	The purpose of the commission is to protect health, promote safety, and ensure fair events. 

4.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

4.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.23, is amended to read:
4.22 	341.23 LIMITATIONS.
4.23 	No member of the Boxing commission may directly or indirectly promote a boxing
4.24 	contest, directly or indirectly engage in the managing of a boxer combatant, or have an 
4.25 	interest in any manner in the proceeds from a boxing combative sport contest.

4.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

4.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.25, is amended to read:
4.28 	341.25 RULES.
4.29 	(a) The commission may adopt rules that include standards for the physical 
4.30 	examination and condition of boxers combatants and referees. Notwithstanding section 
5.1 	14.125, the commission shall publish a notice of intent to adopt rules or a notice of hearing 
5.2 	on or before September 1, 2008.
5.3 	(b) The commission may adopt other rules necessary to carry out the purposes 
5.4 	of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the conduct of boxing exhibitions, bouts, 
5.5 	and fights, all combative sport contests and their manner, supervision, time, and place.
5.6 	Notwithstanding section 14.125, the commission shall publish a notice of intent to adopt 
5.7 	rules or a notice of hearing on or before September 1, 2008.
5.8 	(c) The commission must adopt unified rules for mixed martial arts contests.
5.9 	(d) The commission may adopt the rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions, 
5.10 	with amendments.

5.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

5.12 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.26, is amended to read:
5.13 	341.26 MEETINGS.
5.14 	The commission shall hold a regular meeting quarterly and may hold special 
5.15 	meetings. Except as otherwise provided in law, all meetings of the commission must be 
5.16 	open to the public and reasonable notice of the meetings must be given under chapter 
5.17 	13D. If compliance with section 13D.02 is impractical, the commission may conduct a 
5.18 	meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following 
5.19 	conditions are met:
5.20 	(1) all members of the commission participating in the meeting, wherever their 
5.21 	physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;
5.22 	(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the commission 
5.23 	can hear clearly all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the commission 
5.24 	and, if needed, receive those services required by sections 15.44 and 15.441;
5.25 	(3) at least one member of the commission is physically present at the regular 
5.26 	meeting location; and
5.27 	(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be 
5.28 	identified and recorded.
5.29 	Each member of the commission participating in a meeting by telephone or other 
5.30 	electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a 
5.31 	quorum and participating in all proceedings.
5.32 	If a telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or 
5.33 	emergency meeting, the commission, to the extent practical, shall allow a person to 
5.34 	monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The commission may require 
6.1 	the person making such a connection to pay for documented costs that the commission 
6.2 	incurs as a result of the additional connection.
6.3 	If a telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or 
6.4 	emergency meeting, the commission shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, 
6.5 	of the fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and 
6.6 	that a person may monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The timing 
6.7 	and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.

6.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

6.9 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.27, is amended to read:
6.10 	341.27 COMMISSION DUTIES.
6.11 	The commission shall:
6.12 	(1) issue, deny, renew, suspend, or revoke licenses;
6.13 	(2) make and maintain records of its acts and proceedings including the issuance, 
6.14 	denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of licenses;
6.15 	(3) keep public records of the commission open to inspection at all reasonable times;
6.16 	(4) assist the director in the development of rules to be implemented under this 
6.17 	chapter; 
6.18 	(5) conform to the rules adopted under this chapter; and
6.19 	(6) develop policies and procedures for regulating mixed martial arts.;
6.20 	(7) immediately suspend an individual license for a medical condition, including but 
6.21 	not limited to a medical condition resulting from an injury sustained during a match, bout, 
6.22 	or contest that has been confirmed by the ringside physician. The medical suspension must 
6.23 	be lifted after the commission receives written information from a physician licensed in 
6.24 	the home state of the licensee indicating that the combatant may resume competition, and 
6.25 	any other information that the commission may by rule require. Medical suspensions are 
6.26 	not subject to section 214.10; and
6.27 	(8) evaluate the performance and compensation of the director, including eligibility 
6.28 	for salary increases, in keeping with state procedures.

6.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

6.30 	Sec. 8. [341.271] GIFT AUTHORITY.
6.31 	The commission may apply for, receive, and expend in its own name grants and 
6.32 	gifts of money consistent with the powers and duties specified in section 341.27. The 
7.1 	commission may accept gifts, bequests, grants, payments for services, and other public 
7.2 	and private money to help finance the activities of the commission.

7.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

7.4 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.28, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 
7.5 	135, article 3, sections 34, 35, is amended to read:
7.6 	341.28 REGULATION OF BOXING COMBATIVE SPORT  CONTESTS.
7.7 		Subdivision 1.Regulatory authority; boxing combative sports. All professional 
7.8 	boxing combative sport contests are subject to this chapter. Every contestant in a boxing 
7.9 	contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at least eight ounces. The commission shall, 
7.10 	for every boxing combative sport contest:
7.11 	(1) direct a commission member to be present; and
7.12 	(2) direct the attending commission member to make a written report of the contest.
7.13 	All boxing combative sport contests within this state must be conducted according to 
7.14 	the requirements of this chapter.
7.15 		Subd. 1a.Regulatory authority; boxing contests. All professional boxing contests 
7.16 	are subject to this chapter. Every combatant in a boxing contest shall wear padded gloves 
7.17 	that weigh at least eight ounces. Officials at all boxing contests must be licensed under 
7.18 	this chapter.
7.19 		Subd. 2.Regulatory authority; tough person contests. All professional and 
7.20 	amateur tough person contests, including amateur tough person contests, are subject to 
7.21 	this chapter. All tough person contests are subject to American Association of Boxing 
7.22 	Commission (ABC) Commissions rules. Every contestant in a tough person contest shall 
7.23 	have a physical examination prior to their bouts. Every contestant in a tough person 
7.24 	contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at least 12 ounces. All tough person bouts are 
7.25 	limited to two-minute rounds and a maximum of four total rounds. Officials at all tough 
7.26 	person bouts contests shall be licensed under this chapter.
7.27 		Subd. 3.Regulatory authority; mixed martial arts contests; similar sporting 
7.28 	events. All professional and amateur mixed martial arts, ultimate fight contests, and 
7.29 	similar sporting events are subject to this chapter and all officials at these events must be 
7.30 	licensed under this chapter.

7.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

7.32 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.29, is amended to read:
7.33 	341.29 JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.
8.1 	The commission shall:
8.2 	(1) have sole direction, supervision, regulation, control, and jurisdiction over all 
8.3 	boxing combative sports contests and tough person contests that are held within this state 
8.4 	unless a contest is exempt from the application of this chapter under federal law;
8.5 	(2) have sole control, authority, and jurisdiction over all licenses required by this 
8.6 	chapter; and 
8.7 	(3) grant a license to an applicant if, in the judgment of the commission, the financial 
8.8 	responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of the applicant are consistent 
8.9 	with the public interest, convenience, or necessity and the best interests of boxing
8.10 	combative sports and conforms with this chapter and the commission's rules.

8.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

8.12 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.30, is amended to read:
8.13 	341.30 LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.
8.14 		Subdivision 1.Licensure; individuals. All referees, judges, matchmakers, 
8.15 	promoters, trainers, ring announcers, timekeepers, ringside physicians, boxers combatants, 
8.16 	boxers' managers, and boxers' seconds are required to be licensed by the commission. The 
8.17 	commission shall not permit any of these persons to participate in the holding or conduct 
8.18 	of any boxing combative sport contest unless the commission has first issued the person 
8.19 	a license.
8.20 		Subd. 2.Entity licensure. Before participating in the holding or conduct of any 
8.21 	boxing combative sport  contest, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or 
8.22 	other business entity organized and existing under law, its officers and directors, and 
8.23 	any person holding 25 percent or more of the ownership of the corporation shall obtain 
8.24 	a license from the commission and must be authorized to do business under the laws of 
8.25 	this state.
8.26 		Subd. 3.Background investigation. The commission may require referees, judges, 
8.27 	matchmakers, promoters, and boxers combatants to furnish fingerprints and background 
8.28 	information under commission rules before licensure. The commission shall charge a fee 
8.29 	for receiving fingerprints and background information in an amount determined by the 
8.30 	commission. The commission may require referees, judges, matchmakers, promoters, 
8.31 	and boxers combatants to furnish fingerprints and background information before 
8.32 	license renewal. The fee may include a reasonable charge for expenses incurred by the 
8.33 	commission or the Department of Public Safety. For this purpose, the commission and the 
8.34 	Department of Public Safety may enter into an interagency agreement.
9.1 		Subd. 4.Prelicensure requirements. (a) Before the commission issues a license to 
9.2 	a promoter, matchmaker, corporation, or other business entity, the applicant shall:
9.3 	(1) provide the commission with a copy of any agreement between a contestant
9.4 	combatant and the applicant that binds the applicant to pay the contestant combatant a 
9.5 	certain fixed fee or percentage of the gate receipts;
9.6 	(2) show on the application the owner or owners of the applicant entity and the 
9.7 	percentage of interest held by each owner holding a 25 percent or more interest in the 
9.8 	applicant;
9.9 	(3) provide the commission with a copy of the latest financial statement of the 
9.10 	entity; and
9.11 	(4) provide the commission with a copy or other proof acceptable to the commission 
9.12 	of the insurance contract or policy required by this chapter.
9.13 	(b) Before the commission issues a license to a promoter, the applicant shall deposit 
9.14 	with the commission a cash bond or surety bond in an amount set by the commission. 
9.15 	The bond shall be executed in favor of this state and shall be conditioned on the faithful 
9.16 	performance by the promoter of the promoter's obligations under this chapter and the rules 
9.17 	adopted under it. An applicant for a license as a promoter shall submit an application a 
9.18 	minimum of six weeks before the combative sport contest is scheduled to occur.
9.19 	(c) Before the commission issues a license to a boxer combatant, the applicant 
9.20 	shall submit to the commission the results of a current medical examination on forms 
9.21 	furnished or approved by the commission. The medical examination must include an 
9.22 	ophthalmological and neurological examination, and documentation of test results for 
9.23 	HBV, HCV, and HIV, and any other blood test as the commission by rule may require. 
9.24 	The ophthalmological examination must be designed to detect any retinal defects or other 
9.25 	damage or condition of the eye that could be aggravated by boxing combative sports. The 
9.26 	neurological examination must include an electroencephalogram or medically superior 
9.27 	test if the boxer combatant  has been knocked unconscious in a previous boxing or other 
9.28 	athletic competition contest. The commission may also order an electroencephalogram 
9.29 	or other appropriate neurological or physical examination before any contest, match, or 
9.30 	exhibition if it determines that the examination is desirable to protect the health of the 
9.31 	boxer. combatant. The commission shall not issue a license to an applicant submitting 
9.32 	positive test results for HBV, HCV, or HIV.

9.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

10.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.32, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 
10.2 	135, article 3, section 36, is amended to read:
10.3 	341.32 LICENSE FEES; EXPIRATION; RENEWAL.
10.4 		Subdivision 1.Annual licensure. The commission may establish and issue annual 
10.5 	licenses subject to the collection of advance fees by the commission for promoters, 
10.6 	matchmakers, managers, judges, referees, ring announcers, ringside physicians, 
10.7 	timekeepers, boxers combatants,  boxers' trainers, boxers' seconds, business entities filing 
10.8 	for a license to participate in the holding of any boxing contest, and officers, directors, or 
10.9 	other persons affiliated with the business entity.
10.10 		Subd. 2.Expiration and renewal. A license issued after July 1, 2007, is valid for 
10.11 	one year from the date it is issued and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal 
10.12 	with the commission and payment of the license fee fees established in section 341.321. 
10.13 	An application for a license and renewal of a license must be on a form provided by the 
10.14 	commission. There is a 30-day grace period during which a license may be renewed if a 
10.15 	late filing penalty fee equal to the license fee is submitted with the regular license fee. 
10.16 	A licensee that files late shall not conduct any activity regulated by this chapter until the 
10.17 	commission has renewed the license. If the licensee fails to apply to the commission within 
10.18 	the 30-day grace period, the licensee must apply for a new license under subdivision 1.

10.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

10.20 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.321, is amended to read:
10.21 	341.321 FEE SCHEDULE.
10.22 	(a) The fee schedule for professional licenses issued by the Minnesota Boxing
10.23 	commission is as follows: 
10.24 	(1) referees, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; 
10.25 	(2) promoters, $400 for each initial license and each renewal; 
10.26 	(3) judges and knockdown judges, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; 
10.27 	(4) trainers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; 
10.28 	(5) ring announcers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; 
10.29 	(6) boxers' seconds, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; 
10.30 	(7) timekeepers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; 
10.31 	(8) boxers combatant, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal;
10.32 	(9) managers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; and
10.33 	(10) ringside physicians, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal.
11.1 	In addition to the license fee and the late filing penalty fee in section 341.32, subdivision 
11.2 	2, if applicable, an individual who applies for a combatant license on the same day the 
11.3 	combative sporting event is held shall pay a fee of $100 at the time the application is 
11.4 	submitted.
11.5 	(b) The fee schedule for amateur licenses issued by the commission is as follows:
11.6 	(1) referees, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.7 	(2) promoters, $100 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.8 	(3) judges and knockdown judges, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.9 	(4) trainers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.10 	(5) ring announcers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.11 	(6) seconds, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.12 	(7) timekeepers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.13 	(8) combatant, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;
11.14 	(9) managers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal; and
11.15 	(10) ringside physicians, $10 for each initial license and each renewal.
11.16 	(c) The commission shall establish and assess an event a contest fee for each sporting 
11.17 	event combative sport contest. The event contest fee is set at a minimum of $1,500 per 
11.18 	event or a percentage not more than four percent of the gross ticket sales as determined by 
11.19 	the commission when the sporting event combative sport contest is scheduled, except that 
11.20 	the amateur combative sport contest fee shall be $150. The commission shall consider the 
11.21 	size and type of venue when establishing a contest fee. The commission may establish the 
11.22 	maximum number of complimentary tickets allowed for each event by rule. An amateur 
11.23 	combative sport contest fee is nonrefundable.
11.24 	(c) (d) All fees collected by the Minnesota Boxing commission must be deposited in 
11.25 	the Boxing commission account in the special revenue fund. 

11.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008.

11.27 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.33, is amended to read:
11.28 	341.33 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED; FEES.
11.29 		Subdivision 1.Examination by physician. All boxers and referees combatants
11.30 	must be examined by a physician licensed by this state within three 36 hours before 
11.31 	entering the ring, and the examining physician shall immediately file with the commission 
11.32 	a written report of the examination. The physician's examination shall may report on the 
11.33 	condition of the boxer's combatant's heart and general physical and general neurological 
11.34 	condition. The physician's report may record the condition of the boxer's combatant's
12.1 	nervous system and brain as required by the commission. The physician may prohibit the 
12.2 	boxer combatant from entering the ring if, in the physician's professional opinion, it is in 
12.3 	the best interest of the boxer's combatant's health. The cost of the examination is payable 
12.4 	by the person or entity conducting the contest or exhibition.
12.5 		Subd. 2.Attendance of physician. A person holding or sponsoring a boxing contest
12.6 	combative sport contest, shall have in attendance a physician licensed by this state. The 
12.7 	commission may establish a schedule of fees to be paid to each attending physician by the 
12.8 	person holding or sponsoring the contest.

12.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

12.10 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.11 		Subdivision 1.Required insurance. The commission shall:
12.12 	(1) require insurance coverage for a boxer combatant  to provide for medical, 
12.13 	surgical, and hospital care for injuries sustained in the ring in an amount of at least 
12.14 	$20,000 $10,000 and payable to the boxer combatant  as beneficiary; and
12.15 	(2) require life insurance for a boxer combatant  in the amount of at least $20,000
12.16 	$10,000 payable in case of accidental death resulting from injuries sustained in the ring.

12.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

12.18 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.35, is amended to read:
12.19 	341.35 PENALTIES FOR NONLICENSED EXHIBITIONS CONTESTS.
12.20 	Any person or persons who send or cause to be sent, published, or otherwise made 
12.21 	known, any challenge to fight what is commonly known as a prize fight, or engage in any 
12.22 	public boxing or sparring combative sport match or contest, with or without gloves, for 
12.23 	any prize, reward, or compensation, or for which any admission fee is charged directly or 
12.24 	indirectly, or go into training preparatory for the fight, exhibition, or contest, or act as a 
12.25 	trainer, aider, abettor, backer, umpire, referee, second, surgeon, assistant, or attendant at 
12.26 	the fight, exhibition, or contest, or in any preparation for same, and any owner or lessee of 
12.27 	any ground, building, or structure of any kind permitting the same to be used for any fight, 
12.28 	exhibition, or contest, is guilty of a misdemeanor unless a license the licenses required for 
12.29 	the holding of the fight, exhibition, or contest has have been issued by the commission in 
12.30 	compliance with the rules adopted by it.

12.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

13.1 	Sec. 17. [341.355] PENALTIES.
13.2 	When the commission finds that a person has violated one or more provisions of 
13.3 	any statute, rule, or order that the commission is empowered to regulate, enforce, or 
13.4 	issue, the commission may impose, for each violation, a civil penalty of up to $10,000 
13.5 	for each violation, or a civil penalty that deprives the person of any economic advantage 
13.6 	gained by the violation, or both.

13.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

13.8 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.37, is amended to read:
13.9 	341.37 APPROPRIATION.
13.10 	A Boxing commission account is created in the special revenue fund. Money in the 
13.11 	account is annually appropriated to the Boxing commission for the purposes of conducting 
13.12 	its statutory responsibilities and obligations.

13.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

13.14 	Sec. 19. APPROPRIATION.
 13.15 	$80,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Combative Sports Commission. 
13.16 	The appropriation is available for the biennium ending June 30, 2009, and is added to the 
13.17 	commission's base.

13.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008.

13.19 	Sec. 20.  REPEALER.
 13.20 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.31, is repealed.

13.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.