§ 60-2a-12

A. The annual license fee shall not exceed the following amounts: (1) promoters $500.00 (2) foreign co-promoters 750.00 (3) referees 75.00 (4) timekeepers and announcers 75.00 (5) seconds and trainers 75.00 (6) managers 75.00 (7) professional boxers 75.00 (8) professional kickboxers . 75.00 (9) booking agents 75.00 (10) matchmakers 75.00 (11) judges 75.00 (12) professional mixed martial artists 75.00 (13) amateur mixed martial artists 75.00 (14) professional martial artists 75.00 (15) sports entertainment wrestlers 75.00. Every license shall expire at midnight on December 31 of the year in which the license is issued.B. An unarmed combatant may hold a professional license in one commission licensing category while maintaining amateur status in other unarmed combat disciplines.History: Laws 1980, ch. 90, § 12; 1991, ch. 218, § 4; 2024, ch. 30, § 4.ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeal. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 60-2A-30 NMSA 1978. The 2024 amendment, effective May 15, 2024, increased licensing fees, added licensing fees for kickboxers, professional mixed martial artists, amateur mixed martial artists, professional martial artists, and sports entertainment wrestlers, and

increased licensing fees, added licensing fees for kickboxers, professional mixed martial artists, amateur mixed martial artists, professional martial artists, and sports entertainment wrestlers, and provided that an unarmed combatant may hold a professional license in one commission licensing category while maintaining amateur status in other unarmed combat disciplines; redesignated former Subsections A through K as Paragraphs A(1) through A(11), respectively, in Paragraph A(1), changed '$300.00' to '$500.00', in Paragraph A(2), changed '$500.00' to '$750.00', in Paragraph A(3), changed '$40.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(4), changed '$25.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(5), deleted '$25.00' and added '$75.00,' in Paragraph A(6), deleted '$50.00' and added '$75.00,' in Paragraph A(7), changed '$25.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(8), after 'professional' deleted 'wrestlers' and added 'kickboxers', changed '$25.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(9), changed '$50.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(10), changed '$50.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(11), changed '$25.00' to '$75.00' and added Paragraphs A(12) through A(15); and added Subsection B.

(9), changed '$50.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(10), changed '$50.00' to '$75.00', in Paragraph A(11), changed '$25.00' to '$75.00' and added Paragraphs A(12) through A(15); and added Subsection B. The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, substituted 'shall not exceed the following amounts' for 'shall be' in the introductory phrase; inserted 'professional' in Subsections G and H; inserted Subsection K; and increased the fees as follows: in Subsection A, from $200.00 to $300.00, in Subsection B, from $400.00 to $500.00, in Subsection C, from $10.00 to $40.00, in Subsection D, from $1.00 to $25.00, in Subsection E, from $5.00 to $25.00, in Subsection F, from $25.00 to $50.00, in Subsection G, from $5.00 to $25.00 and, in Subsection J, from $25.00 to $50.00.