(1) Any person conducting or participating in contests or exhibitions within this state without first having obtained a license or sanctioning permit in the manner provided in this chapter is in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(2)  It is unlawful for any promoter or person associated with or employed by any promoter to destroy any ticket or ticket stub, whether sold or unsold, within three (3) months after the date of any contest or exhibition.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-420

  • Combatant: means an individual who takes part as a competitor in a contest or exhibition. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • Commission: means the state athletic commission. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • Contest: means a boxing match in which the participants strive earnestly in good faith to win. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Exhibition: means an engagement in which the participants show or display their skill without necessarily striving to win, such as a wrestling match between professional wrestlers or a boxing match where boxers are sparring. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • License: means a certificate issued to a person by the commission that is required for the person to conduct, participate in or otherwise be associated with sanctioned contests or exhibitions. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, club, association, corporation, organization, secondary school, college, university, trust or other legal entity. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • Promoter: means any person including an owner, officer, partner, member, director, employee or shareholder thereof, who produces, arranges, stages or otherwise promotes any contest or exhibition. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • Sanctioning permit: means a license issued by the commission or a permit issued by an approved amateur athletic sanctioning organization, that authorizes a promoter to promote a single program of contests and exhibitions at a specific venue. See Idaho Code 54-402
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
(3)  The striking of any individual who is not a licensed combatant in that particular contest or exhibition shall constitute grounds for suspension, revocation or both of a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(4)  Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules of the commission for which no penalty is otherwise herein provided, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by incarceration in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days or by both such fine and incarceration. The commission shall suspend or revoke the license of any person convicted of violating the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the commission.
(5)  In addition to other penalties provided by law if, after a hearing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the commission, the commission shall find any person to be in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, such person may be subject to an administrative penalty equal to the greater of five hundred dollars ($500) or one percent (1%) of gross receipts received for each violation. Each day a person is in violation of the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the commission may constitute a separate violation. All administrative penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury to the occupational licenses fund. Upon the request of the commission or its agent, the attorney general may institute action to enforce the administrative penalties imposed pursuant to this subsection in the district court for Ada county.
(6)  Upon the request of the commission or its agent, the county prosecutor in the county where a violation has occurred or is about to occur may make application to the district court in the county for an order enjoining the acts or practices prohibited by the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the commission, and upon a showing that the person has engaged or is about to engage in any of the prohibited acts or practices, an injunction, restraining order, or other order as may be appropriate shall be granted by the court.