ENROLLED
H. B. 2397
(By Delegate Modesitt)
[Passed March 2, 1999; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact sections one, six and twenty, article
five-a, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating
to the state athletic commission; increasing the membership;
raising fees to be paid to officials at athletic commission
boxing events; and raising license fees for professional
contestants, trainers, inspectors, referees and professional
managers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections one, six and twenty, article five-a, chapter
twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read
as follows:
ARTICLE 5A. STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION.
§29-5A-1. Creation of commission; members; officers; seal and rules.
The state boxing commission, heretofore created, is hereby
continued and renamed the state athletic commission. The
commission shall consist of five persons appointed by the
governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, no more than
three of whom shall belong to the same political party and no two
of whom shall be residents of the same county at the same time.
The members shall serve without pay. The present members and
terms of the members of the state boxing commission shall
continue as the state athletic commission. At the expiration of
the term of each member, his or her successor shall be appointed
by the governor for a term of four years. In the event of a
vacancy in said board, said vacancy shall likewise be filled by
appointment by the governor and the governor shall likewise have
the power to remove any commissioner at his or her pleasure. Any
three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the
exercise of the power or authority conferred upon it. The
members of the commission shall at the first meeting after their
appointment elect one of their number chairman of the commission,
and another of their number secretary of the commission, shall
adopt a seal for the commission, and shall make such rules for
the administration of their office, not inconsistent herewith, as
they may deem expedient; and they may hereafter amend or abrogate such rules. The concurrence of at least three commissioners
shall be necessary to render a choice or decision of the
commission.
§29-5A-6. Payment of official in charge.
The deputy, inspector or other officials designated by the
commission to be in charge of a boxing event shall be paid by the
promoter at a rate of seventy-five dollars for each weigh-in
ceremony and seventy-five dollars for each day of bouts. If a
weigh-in occurs within three hours before the boxing bouts are
scheduled to begin, the deputy, inspector or other officials will
be paid only seventy-five dollars once for that particular night
or day's events. Judges, timekeepers and inspectors shall be
paid by the promoter at a rate of fifty dollars per day.
Referees shall be paid by the promoter at a rate of seventy-five
dollars per day.
§29-5A-20. Licenses for contestants, referees and managers.
No professional contestant, trainer, inspector, referee or
professional manager is permitted to take part in any boxing
contest or exhibition unless holding a license from the state,
said license to be issued by the commission upon payment of ten
dollars a year. Such fees shall accompany the application and
shall be in the form of a certified check or money order and
shall be issued to the treasurer of the state of West Virginia to be deposited in the general fund. Should such license not be
granted, the treasurer shall refund the full amount.