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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6374

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senators Pullen, Talmadge and McCaslin; by request of Statute Law Committee

Read first time 1/19/88 and referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to the state boxing commission; and amending RCW 67.08.001, 67.08.060, 67.08.140, and 82.04.340.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 184, Laws of 1933 as amended by section 1, chapter 337, Laws of 1981 and RCW 67.08.001 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) For the purposes of this chapter((:

          (a))), "boxing" includes, but is not limited to, wrestling, sumo, judo, and karate in addition to fisticuffs((; and)).

          (2) There is hereby created and established a state commission to be known and designated as the "state boxing commission" and in this chapter referred to as the commission.  The commission shall be composed of three members who shall be appointed by the governor and shall be subject to removal at the pleasure of the governor.  The members of the first commission to be appointed after June 7, 1933, shall be appointed for the terms beginning July 1, 1933, and expiring as follows:  One commissioner for the term expiring January 31, 1934, one commissioner for the term expiring January 31, 1935, and one commissioner for the term expiring January 31, 1936.  Each of the first commissioners appointed shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified.  Upon the expiration of the terms of the three commissioners first appointed, each succeeding commissioner shall be appointed to hold office for a term of four years and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.  In case of a vacancy, it shall be filled by the appointment by the governor for the unexpired portion of the term in which such vacancy occurs.

        Sec. 2.  Section 12, chapter 184, Laws of 1933 as last amended by section 154, chapter 34, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 67.08.060 are each amended to read as follows:

          The commission may appoint official inspectors at least one of which, in the absence of a member of the commission, shall be present at any boxing contest or sparring and/or wrestling match or exhibition held under the provisions of this chapter.  Such inspectors shall carry a card signed by the chairman of the commission evidencing their authority.  It shall be their duty to see that all rules and regulations of the commission and the provisions of this chapter are strictly complied with and to be present at the accounting of the gross receipts of any contest, and such inspector is authorized to receive from the licensee conducting the contest the statement of receipts herein provided for and to immediately transmit such reports to the commission.  Each inspector shall receive a fee from the licensee to be set by the ((athletic)) commission for each contest officially attended.  Each inspector shall also receive from the state  travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.

        Sec. 3.  Section 22, chapter 184, Laws of 1933 as last amended by section 7, chapter 305, Laws of 1959 and RCW 67.08.140 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any person, club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society conducting within this state boxing, sparring, or wrestling contests or exhibitions without having first obtained a license therefor in the manner provided by this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor excepting such contests excluded from the operation of this chapter by RCW 67.08.015.  The attorney general, each prosecuting attorney, the ((athletic)) commission, or any citizen of any county where any person, club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society shall threaten to hold, or appears likely to hold athletic contests or exhibitions in violation of this chapter, may in accordance with the laws of this state governing injunctions, enjoin such person, club, corporation, organization, association, or fraternal society from holding such contest or exhibition.

        Sec. 4.  Section 82.04.340, chapter 15, Laws of 1961 and RCW 82.04.340 are each amended to read as follows:

          This chapter shall not apply to any person in respect to the business of conducting boxing contests and sparring or wrestling matches and exhibitions for the conduct of which a license must be secured from the state ((athletic)) boxing commission.

@70 The "state athletic commission" was redesignated the "state boxing commission" by 1981 c 337 § 1.  This act corrects references to the "state athletic commission" and corrects a subsection numbering error which resulted from a gubernatorial veto.