Section 4-305 – Applications for Licenses
(a) An applicant for a license shall: (1) submit to the Commission an application on the form that the Commission provides; and (2) pay to the Commission an application fee of: (i) $10 for a license to participate as a wrestler or contestant in a contest or to act as a second in a contest; (ii) $15 for a license […]
Section 4-321 – Accepting Money or Gifts for Favors
A manager, second, matchmaker, promoter, or principal may not accept money or a gift from a boxer, exhibitor of boxing, kick boxer, wrestler, or mixed martial arts contestant in return for a special privilege or for discriminating in making a match.
Section 4-306 – Surety Bond
(a) An applicant for a license to act as a promoter of a contest shall execute a surety bond to be given to the State for the benefit of each person who may be interested in the payment of the expenses incurred in connection with the contest. (b) The surety bond shall be: (1) in the amount of: […]
Section 4-322 – Penalties
(a) A person who violates this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000, six months imprisonment, or both. (b) (1) The Commission may impose on a person who violates any provision of this title a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation. (2) In setting the amount of the […]
Section 4-307 – Issuance of License
The Commission shall issue a license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.
Section 4-323 – Injunctive Relief
(a) The Commission may seek an ex parte, interlocutory, or final injunction from a circuit court if it concludes that a person: (1) conducts or attempts to conduct a contest that is not under the control and jurisdiction of the Commission in violation of § 4-205(a) of this title; or (2) participates or attempts to participate in a […]
Section 4-308 – Scope of License
(a) A boxer license authorizes the licensee to participate as a boxer in a contest. (b) (1) A professional kick boxer license authorizes the licensee to participate as a professional kick boxer in a contest. (2) An amateur kick boxer license authorizes the licensee to participate as an amateur kick boxer in a contest. (c) A wrestler license authorizes the […]
Section 4-309 – Term of License
A license expires on the first anniversary of its effective date.
Section 4-310 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Grounds; Penalties
(a) (1) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 4–311 of this subtitle, the Commission may deny a license to an applicant, reprimand a licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee: (i) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the applicant or licensee or for another person; (ii) fraudulently or […]
Section 4-311 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Hearings
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Commission takes any final action under § 4-310 of this subtitle, it shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Commission. (b) The Commission shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance […]