Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
229.031,
229.171,
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
229.171(1) authorizes the
Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission to exercise sole direction,
management, control, and jurisdiction over all unarmed combat shows in the
commonwealth.
KRS
229.171(2) authorizes the
commission to promulgate administrative regulations it considers necessary or
expedient for the performance of its functions provided in KRS Chapter
229.KRS
229.031(1) requires a tax of
the greater of twenty-five (25) dollars or five (5) percent of the gross
receipts from the sale of all tickets to the show collected by a person
conducting an event under the jurisdiction of the commission, and
KRS
229.031(4) authorizes the
commission to examine or cause to be examined a person's books and records to
ensure compliance with the tax. This administrative regulation establishes
requirements and procedures governing the sale of tickets to events and shows
in the commonwealth.
Section 1.
General Requirements.
(1) Any person admitted
to a show or exhibition shall have a ticket except:
(a) Commission staff, a commission member, or
a member of the medical advisory panel on official business;
(b) The promoter of the show and the
promoter's employees;
(c) An
employee of the venue at which the show is being held if the employee is
working the event;
(d) A ring
official who is working the show;
(e) A member of the press covering the
show;
(f) A contestant who is
competing in the show;
(g) A
second, trainer, or manager acting on behalf of a contestant who will be
competing in the show; and
(h) A
police officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician while
on duty.
(2)
(a) A schedule of ticket prices shall be
posted conspicuously at the front of the ticket office where the show or
exhibition is taking place.
(b) A
ticket shall not be sold for a price greater than that charged at the place of
admission or printed on the ticket.
Section 2. Complimentary Tickets.
(1) The number of complimentary tickets shall
not exceed four (4) percent of the total of paid admission tickets.
(2) The commission may approve an exception
to subsection (1) of this section if the complimentary tickets will be given to
or for a charitable organization, educational purpose, emergency responders, or
military personnel.
Section
3. Changes to Program or Card.
(1) Any change or substitution to the card
shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the ticket office when the change is
made.
(2) Any change to an
advertised card shall be:
(a) Posted at the
ticket window and at the entrance to the facility immediately; and
(b) Announced to the spectators at least five
(5) minutes before the first bout or match.
(3) The posting and the announcement of the
change shall include a statement that a ticket purchaser may receive a refund
of the ticket purchase price if the request is made before commencement of the
first bout or match.
Section
4. Rain Check. Each purchaser of an admission ticket shall be
given the choice of a refund or a voucher that shall be redeemed by the
promoter on presentation by the purchaser if the show does not take
place.
Section 5. Event Report.
(1) Within fifteen (15) days of the
conclusion of an unarmed combat show, the promoter shall, pursuant to
KRS
229.031(1), complete and
submit to the commission the form Event Report.
(2) The Event Report shall be accompanied by
a check or money order for the amount of the tax required by
KRS
229.031(1).
(3) The Event Report shall be signed under
penalty of perjury.
Section
6. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) "Event Report", November, 2019, is
incorporated by reference.
(2) This
material may be inspected, copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright
law, at the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission office at 500 Mero St,
218NC, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
and is available online at
http://kbwa.ky.gov/Pages/Appsforms.aspx.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
229.031,
229.171
