(a) No person shall participate in or engage in the promotion of a combative sports match or exhibition in this state without first having obtained a license from the State Athletic Commission.(b) No person shall participate in a combative sports match or exhibition in this state as a manager, matchmaker, referee, judge, physician, or timekeeper, without first having obtained a license from the commission.(c) Any person mentioned in subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section who does not first obtain a license from the commission before participating in a combative sports match or exhibition shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).(d) A venue, entity, or person who knowingly assists in making an unlicensed combative sports match or exhibition occur shall be subject to the penalties under subsection (c) of this section.Amended by Act 2013, No. 1096,§ 8, eff. 8/16/2013.Acts 1927, No. 131, § 8; 1929, No. 27, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 12068; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 84-2901, 84-2909; Acts 1993, No. 1277, § 3; 1999, No. 1085, § 6; 2009, No. 781, § 7.
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