SB333 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated May 28, 2021

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2021

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Gerald H. Allen Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2021
Title: Athletic Commission, regulatory act renamed, authority over unarmed combat provided, certain medical and competition guidelines exempted from Administrative Procedure Act, fines for violations of rules and guidelines limited in amount, procedural process for handling violations revised, Secs. 41-9-1020, 41-9-1021, 41-9-1023, 41-9-1024, 41-9-1037, 41-9-1038 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Alabama Athletic Commission is responsible for regulating boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts pursuant to the Alabama Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts Act.
This bill would change the name of the regulatory act for the commission from the Alabama Boxing, Wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts Act to the Alabama Unarmed Combat Act.
This bill would provide that the commission is the sole regulator of any form of unarmed combat held in the state.
This bill would authorize the commission to immediately implement certain medical guidelines and competition guidelines approved by the commission without hearings as prescribed by the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
This bill would authorize the commission to assess fines, not exceeding $10,000 per violation, for violations of the rules and guidelines of the commission.
This bill would also provide further for the complaint, investigation, and discipline process for violators.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Subjects: Athletic Commission