ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

ASSEMBLY, Nos. 1297, 1577, 1574 and 1571

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

 

ADOPTED MARCH 11, 1996

 

 

Sponsored by Assemblyman LeFEVRE, Assemblywoman CRECCO, Assemblymen BLEE and COHEN

 

An Act concerning the licensing of professional boxers and amending P.L.1985, c.83.

 

      Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1. Section 15 of P.L.1985, c. 83 (C.5:2A-15) is amended to read as follows:

      15. a. The board shall not grant a license to any person who does not possess good character, honesty, integrity and responsibility.

      b. No license shall be granted or renewed if the applicant has been delinquent in paying tax which has been assessed pursuant to section 20 of this act unless good cause is shown.

      c. Each applicant for licensure pursuant to this act shall produce such information, documentation and assurances as may be required to establish by clear and convincing evidence the applicant's reputation for good character, honesty, integrity and responsibility, which may include but not be limited to information, documentation and assurances that the applicant has not engaged in activities with or associated with members of organized crime.

      d. The board may exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for use in considering applicants for licensure.

      e. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of an extensive medical examination prior to licensure and the renewal of any license, giving due consideration to the advice of the State Athletic Control Board Medical Advisory Council, established under section 8 of P.L.1985, c.83 (C.5:2A-8).

      f. The board shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the issuance of a passport book to each licensed boxer, which shall contain a current photograph of the boxer; the address, telephone number, social security number or other number assigned by the board to the boxer and his manager; and an accurate history of all matches that the boxer has engaged in since becoming a professional, which history shall include information on the matches won and lost and the matches in which there was a technical knockout or a knockout. A boxer who shall fail to provide accurate information in the passport book in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board shall be denied a license or shall have his license suspended immediately, as the case may be.

      g. The board shall not grant a boxing license to any person whose test results for the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) are positive. The board shall adopt rules and regulations providing for the appropriate type of testing to be done to detect HIV, and such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this act.

(cf: P.L.1988, c.20, s.2)

 

      2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be applicable to licenses granted after the effective date including renewals.

 

 

                             

 

Requires testing for HIV as a condition for licensing professional boxers.