16 Tex. Admin. Code § 61.48 - Responsibilities of Amateur Combative Sports Associations
(a) An amateur combative sports association
(ACSA) must provide to the Department proof that it is either a non-profit
organization chartered by the State of Texas or that it is approved as a
non-profit organization under the provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(b) An ACSA shall file with
the Executive Director rules for conducting the organization's affairs and the
conduct of its members. The rules:
(1) Must
include provisions to:
(A) Establish
conditions for membership;
(B)
Provide guidelines for training its members in preparation for a
contest;
(C) Establish a minimum
training period before a contest;
(D) Indicate which class(es) of combative
sports the ACSA will conduct;
(E)
Require that all referees participating in events conducted by the ACSA are
licensed by the Department; and,
(F) Either:
(i) Adopt, as appropriate, rules set out
below for boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and muay thai; or,
(ii) Establish the ACSA's rules for a class
or classes of events it will sponsor; and,
(2) May include provisions to:
(A) Provide for payment of actual expenses,
up to an established maximum, for the contestants who participate in an event;
and,
(B) Allow members of other
ACSAs to participate as a visiting member in an event conducted by it without
the other ACSA participating in the conducted event, so long as it ascertains
that the visiting member is qualified under the rules to be a contestant in the
event.
(c) An
ACSA may not conduct or participate in any event unless it has received
Executive Director's written approval of rules required in subsection (b) of
this section.
(d) An ACSA that has
adopted rules permitted under subsection (b)(2) of this section must, before it
sponsors or participates in any event, submit to the Executive Director a
$15,000 surety bond, written by a bonding company authorized to do business in
the State of Texas, guaranteeing payment of gross receipts taxes owed for
promoted events, which shall remain in effect for four years after the
effective cancellation date.
(e) An
ACSA shall provide insurance and pay all deductibles for contestants, to cover
medical, surgical and hospital care with a minimum limit of $50,000 for
injuries sustained while participating in a contest and $100,000 to a
contestant's estate if he dies of injuries suffered while participating in a
contest. At least ten calendar days before an event the ASCA shall provide to
the Department for each event to be conducted, a certificate of insurance
showing proper coverage. The ASCA shall supply to those participating in the
event the proper information for filing a medical claim.
(f) An ACSA shall ensure that all contestants
participating in contests it conducts are amateurs.
(g) An ACSA may not allow any person who has
not been a member of the ACSA for at least thirty days to participate as a
contestant in any event in which the ACSA participates.
(h) An ACSA conducting an event shall:
(1) Bear all financial responsibility for the
event.
(2) Provide the Department
written notice of all proposed event dates, ticket prices, and participants of
the main event, at least 21 days before the proposed event date and obtain
written approval from the Department to promote the event prior to advertising
or selling tickets.
(3) Provide two
physicians to be assigned by the Department for each event.
(4) Provide at least one licensed physician
to conduct pre-fight physicals. Provide a private area for the physician to
perform pre-fight examinations.
(5)
Assure that beverages are only allowed in paper or plastic cups at the
event.
(6) Assure that no alcoholic
beverages or illegal drugs are in the dressing room.
(7) Ensure the safety of the contestants,
officials, and spectators.
(A) There shall be
a pre-fight plan and route to remove an injured contestant from the ring and
arena. Upon request, the promoter shall inform the Department of these plans.
The plan shall include the name and location of a local hospital emergency
room.
(B) A sufficient number of
security personnel shall be retained to maintain order.
(8) Ensure that the rules set forth herein
below regarding equipment and gloves that apply to a particular type of event
are followed.
(9) Ensure that each
contest is conducted as provided by the ACSA's rules approved by the
Department.
(10) Ensure that each
event has the appropriate equipment as described by the ACSA's rules approved
by the Department.
(11) Ensure that
all advertising concerning an event to be conducted indicates that it is an
amateur event, and includes the name of the ACSA that will conduct the
event.
(i) Tickets
(1) All tickets shall have printed on each
half, the price including any service surcharge or handling fee, and the event
date.
(2) Roll tickets with
consecutive numbers shall be sold only at the box office on the day of the
show.
(3) If there is no ticket
manifest, tickets of different prices shall be printed on different colored
ticket stock.
(4) Tickets shall not
be sold for more than the actual capacity of the location where the event is
held.
(5) ACSA's shall hold tickets
of every description used for any event for at least 30 days after the event.
The tickets shall be kept in separate packages for each event for audit
purposes.
(j) An ACSA
shall submit to the Department a tax report and a 3% gross receipts tax payment
within three business days after an event.
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