74-50,182. Definitions. As used in the Kansas professional regulated sports act:
(a) "Amateur mixed martial arts" means any form of martial arts or self-defense conducted on a full-contact basis in a contest without weapons and in which the contestants compete without valuable consideration.
(b) "Bout" means one match involving a regulated sport.
(c) "Commission" means the athletic commission or the commission's designee.
(d) "Contest" means a bout or a group of bouts involving licensed contestants competing in a regulated sport.
(e) "Contestant" means a person who is licensed by the commission to compete in a regulated sport.
(f) "Fund" means the athletic fee fund.
(g) "Grappling arts" means any form of grappling including, but not limited to, Brazilian jiujitsu, catch wrestling, judo, luta livre esportiva, sambo, shoot wrestling, shooto and shuai Jiao conducted on a full-contact basis in a bout or contest without weapons or striking and where contestants may compete for valuable consideration.
(h) "Noncompetitive sparring" means boxing, kickboxing or mixed martial arts where a decision is not rendered.
(i) "Pankration" means a martial art system which includes elements of karate, tae-kwon-do, jujitsu, kempo, kung-fu, wrestling, and submission grappling.
(j) "Professional boxing" means the sport of attack and defense which uses the fists and where contestants compete for valuable consideration.
(k) "Professional full-contact karate" means any form of full-contact martial arts including but not limited to full-contact kung fu, full-contact tae-kwon-do or any form of martial arts or self-defense conducted on a full-contact basis in a bout or contest without weapons and where contestants may compete for valuable consideration.
(l) "Professional kickboxing" means any form of kickboxing in which blows are delivered with any part of the arm below the shoulder, including the hand, and any part of the leg below the hip, including the foot, and where contestants compete for valuable consideration.
(m) "Professional mixed martial arts" means any form of martial arts or self-defense conducted on a full-contact basis in a bout or contest without weapons and where contestants compete for valuable consideration.
(n) "Professional wrestling" means any performance of wrestling skills and techniques by two or more professional wrestlers, to which any admission is charged. Participating wrestlers may not be required to use their best efforts in order to win. The winner may have been selected before the performance commences and contestants compete for valuable consideration.
(o) "Regulated sports" means professional boxing, sparring, professional kickboxing, professional and amateur mixed martial arts, grappling arts, pankration, professional wrestling and professional full-contact karate.
(p) "Sparring" means boxing, kickboxing, professional and amateur mixed martial arts, grappling arts, pankration, or full-contact karate for practice or as an exhibition.
History: L. 2004, ch. 88, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 40, § 3; Apr. 14.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 74 - State Boards, Commissions And Authorities
Article 50 - Department Of Commerce
74-5001a Purpose of department.
74-5002 Declaration of necessity and public policy.
74-5002c Successors and continuation of department and secretary of economic development.
74-5002d Rules and regulations, orders and directives continued in effect until superseded.
74-5002e Application of documentary references and designations.
74-5002m Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings.
74-5002o Organization of department; policies governing administration.
74-5002q Rules and regulations to provide objective scoring matrix for awarding housing tax credits.
74-5002r Rules and regulations.
74-5002w Rights preserved in legal actions and proceedings.
74-5002x Transfer of officers and employees; rights and benefits preserved.
74-5002y Authorization to contract for data processing services and training.
74-5005 Powers and duties of department.
74-5007a Purpose and powers of business development division.
74-5009 Division of community development; powers.
74-5011 Same; duties; cooperation by political subdivisions.
74-5012 Same; authorization to enter into certain agreements.
74-5015 Officers and employees, retention of benefits and rights.
74-5016 Property, records and unexpended balances of appropriations transferred.
74-5017 Resolution of conflicts by governor.
74-5018 Rights saved in legal actions and proceedings.
74-5020 Department and office of secretary of economic development abolished.
74-5021 Community resource act; citation.
74-5022 Same; legislative findings and declaration; purpose of act.
74-5025 Same; training and technical assistance; contracts.
74-5026 Same; application for grants; form, manner, time; approval; certified budget.
74-5027 Same; contents of application.
74-5028 Same; grants; amounts; limitations; allocation; reports.
74-5029 Declaration of public policy; development of agricultural products.
74-5033 Contracts for promotional advertising services; bidding exemption.
74-5038 Same; determination of forms to be filed; maintenance of file.
74-5039 "State agency" defined.
74-5048 Division of trade development; powers.
74-5058 Kansas private activity bond allocation act; citation.
74-5062 Same; review of allocation; assistance of advisory committee.
74-5068 Cooperation and assistance required of certain state agencies.
74-5096 Grant administration by department.
74-5098 Authorized uses of grant proceeds; limitations.
74-5099 Cooperative undertakings by city-county economic development organizations.
74-50,100 Authority to award grants terminated.
74-50,101 Evaluation of plans by secretary; report to governor and legislature.
74-50,106 Review and approval of proposed agreements by secretary of commerce; eligibility.
74-50,111 Annual report of IMPACT program activities.
74-50,113 Kansas enterprise zone act.
74-50,115 Same; sales tax exemption; requirements.
74-50,116 Nonmetropolitan regional business program; criteria.
74-50,117 Quarterly list of designated nonmetropolitan regions to revenue.
74-50,118 Nonmetropolitan regions; annual report.
74-50,119 Same; rules and regulations.
74-50,131 Definitions; qualifications; certification of eligibility; rules and regulations.
74-50,132 Tax credits for qualified firms.
74-50,163 Agriculture marketing and promotions advisory board; members; duties.
74-50,181 Title and citation of act.
74-50,182 Definitions.
74-50,183 Athletic commission, established; members, qualifications; terms; compensation.
74-50,184 Same; background investigations.
74-50,185 Inspectors, agents and other personnel; rules and regulations.
74-50,187 Rules and regulations.
74-50,189 Licenses; conditions of issuance.
74-50,190 Sports contests; three judges.
74-50,191 Medical suspensions; medical retirement.
74-50,192 Unlicensed regulated sports; injunctions, restraining or other orders.
74-50,193 Complaints against licensees; suspension, revocation or refusal to issue license, grounds.
74-50,194 Contestants, license required.
74-50,195 Certain sports exempt from regulation under act.
74-50,196 Liability insurance, surety bond or indemnity coverage.
74-50,201 Individual development account program act.
74-50,204 Same; account holder; purposes for withdrawal of moneys.
74-50,205 Same; establishment of account by financial institution; duties; deposits, limitations.
74-50,208 Same; income tax credit for contributions by program contributors.
74-50,209 Qualified older Kansan; access to workforce training; strategic plan required.
74-50,210 Title and intent of act.
74-50,212 Qualified company; eligibility requirements; benefits; retention incentives.
74-50,214 Documentation submitted to department of revenue; rules and regulations.
74-50,215 Annual review of qualified company; books and records; audits.
74-50,220 Recovery zone bonds; allocation; rules and regulations.
74-50,221 Qualified energy conservation bonds; allocation; rules and regulations.
74-50,222 Rural opportunity zones; definitions.
74-50,224 Job creation program fund; expenditures; purposes; annual report.
74-50,225 Economic development incentive programs; application fees; rules and regulations.
74-50,226 Economic development incentive program information database; definitions.
74-50,228 Same; presentations by secretary to legislative committees.