HB534 Alabama 2021 Session

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

Relating to the Alabama Athletic Commission; to amend Sections 41-9-1020, 41-9-1021, 41-9-1023, 41-9-1024, 41-9-1037, and 41-9-1038, Code of Alabama 1975; to rename the regulatory act the Alabama Unarmed Combat Act; to provide that the commission is the sole regulator of any form of unarmed combat held in the state; to 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; to authorize the commission to assess fines, not exceeding a specified amount; to provide further for the complaint, investigation, and discipline process for violators; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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.