General Organization (Rescinded May 30, 2002)

AUTHORITY: section 317.006, RSMo 1986. Original rule filed Dec. 19, 1975, effective Dec. 29, 1975. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 1980, effective Dec. 11, 1980. Rescinded and readopted: Filed April 30, 1982, effective Sept. 11, 1982. Amended: Filed March 2, 1989, effective May 11, 1989. Rescinded: Filed Nov. 15, 2001, effective May 30, 2002. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 71, Pian (9-16-59). When a proposed public dinner, sponsored by a labor union at a hotel, at which a special feature is a boxing program, and the only tickets offered for sale or sold, were for dinner, Athletic Commission had no jurisdiction over said event and the sponsors were not required to secure the permission of or a license from the commission to hold the dinner. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 19, Cooper (6-11-53). There can be no criminal prosecution for “booking” of professional wrestlers for wrestling show by unlicensed organization which sponsored private wrestling show where such is prohibited by the rules of the Athletic Commission only and not by statute; administrative agencies are prohibited by Mo. Const. Art. 1, section 31 from imposing a fine or imprisonment for violation of administrative rules. Op. Atty. Gen. No. 19, Cooper (1-31-52). Five percent gross receipts collected by Athletic Commission from regulated boxing, sparring and wrestling exhibitions is not applicable to theaters televising such events under exclusive rights. It is applicable to amounts received by promoters for television rights of every exhibition held in state.