Senate Bill No. 96

(By Senators Bowman and Bailey)

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[Introduced January 19, 1996;referred to the Committee on Government Organization;and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact sections six and seventeen, article five-a, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, all relating to boxing matches and exhibitions; and increasing pay for boxing officials.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections six and seventeen, article five-a, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5A. STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION.
§29-5A-6. Payment of official in charge.
The deputy, inspector or official designated by the commission to be in charge of a boxing event shall be paid by the promoter at a rate of twenty-five seventy-five dollars for each weigh-in ceremony and twenty-five seventy-five dollars for each day of bouts. If a weigh-in occurs within three hours before the boxing bouts are scheduled to begin, he or she will be paid only twenty-five seventy-five dollars once for that particular night or day's events.
§29-5A-17. Referee and judges; appointment by commission; powers, payment.

The chief official of the boxing match or exhibition shall be the referee. The referee and judges shall be appointed by the commission, and shall receive from the commission a card authorizing them to act as such. and No club shall may employ or permit anyone to act as referee except one holding such a card of authorization from the commission. The referee shall have general supervision and control over the match or exhibition and shall be paid by the promoter twenty-five seventy-five dollars for each day or night's services. The referee shall be limited to refereeing a maximum of thirty rounds per day or night unless special consent is given by the commission. Each judge shall be paid
fifty dollars per day. Each timekeeper shall be paid fifty dollars per day. Each inspector shall be paid fifty dollars per day.




NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase boxing officials' pay to make their industry competitive.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be deleted from present law and underscoring indicates language that would be added.