The following shall be applicable to every event:

1. (1) Audit and taxes. The provisions of the Act shall be followed with respect to remittance of taxes to the State Athletic Commission and such shall be subject to audit by the commission at any time;

2. (2) Bouts, heats, and rounds.

   1. (A) Each event shall consist of a minimum of twenty-four (24) scheduled rounds and a maximum of seventy-two (72) scheduled rounds.

   2. (B)

      1. (i) Nonchampionship and nontitle bout or bouts, which are not an exhibition, shall be neither less than four (4) scheduled rounds nor more than ten (10) scheduled rounds.
      2. (ii) Championship or title bouts shall be neither less than eight (8) scheduled rounds nor more than twelve (12) scheduled rounds.
      3. (iii) The number of rounds approved for each bout will be determined by the past experience of the contestants.
   3. (C) The duration of each round shall be three (3) minutes with a one-minute rest period between each round, provided however, each bout or contest between two (2) female contestants may, but is not required to, have rounds of two (2) minutes in duration with a one (1) minute rest period between each round.
   4. (D) A boxing bout shall end only by disqualification, draw, knockout, majority decision, majority draw, no decision, no contest, split decision, technical knockout, or unanimous decision or referee stoppage, or in MMA, it may also end upon doctor stoppage or tap out;

3. (3) Credentials and tickets.

   1. (A)

      1. (i) No person, excluding contestants, seconds, and officials, shall be admitted to any event without a ticket or credential issued and documented by the promoter.
      2. (ii) No credential may be sold, exchanged, or bartered and a manifest for all credentials, including the name of the person to whom the credential was issued and the reason, must be maintained and produced for the commission at each event upon request by the commission, made at a reasonable time the day of the event.
   2. (B) All credentials shall be clearly designated by the promoter as required by this part and the commission.
   3. (C) Promoters are prohibited from accepting cash or other remuneration or consideration for admission to an event without issuance of a ticket reflecting the price paid therefor.
   4. (D) All tickets shall reflect the price thereof and event date.
   5. (E) All tickets shall be consecutively numbered, individually bar coded or otherwise numbered in a manner easily grouped, counted, and identifiable by the commission.
   6. (F) All tickets shall have a stub indicating the price and row or seat number, which shall be detached and retained for later auditing and accounting by the commission, or bar code scanned and records thereof maintained in a commission-approved manner and a ticket manifest or similar record shall be produced upon request.
   7. (G) All tickets shall have a coupon or portion thereof which may be retained by the purchaser thereof.

   8. (H)

      1. (i) All ticket stubs, except electronically redeemed tickets, must be deposited into a locked container at the event entrance or entrances.
      2. (ii) Each ticket container must remain in the possession of the ticket-taker until after the close of the event and only be surrendered by the said ticket-taker in the presence of the promoter or inspector.
      3. (iii) The inspector may, at his or her discretion, require the ticket box be opened only in his or her presence.
      4. (iv) If the inspector deems necessary, all admission ticket stubs shall, immediately after the ticket container is opened, be sorted by price and counted by the commission, the inspector, or by a person authorized by the inspector.

   9. (I)

      1. (i) Unless otherwise designated by the promoter to have a higher value and for purposes of calculating the gross receipts tax, complimentary, give away, or promotional event tickets representing five percent (5%) or less of the event tickets sold shall be exempted from the gross receipts tax, complimentary, give away, or promotional event tickets representing greater than five percent (5%) and not more than ten percent (10%) of the event tickets sold shall have the same value as the least expensive five percent (5%) of event tickets sold, and complimentary, give away, or promotional event tickets exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total event tickets sold shall have the same value as the highest priced event ticket sold.
      2. (ii) The commission reserves the right to tax all complimentary tickets at the value of the highest priced event ticket if the commission deems the promoter implements or utilizes a scheme or ticketing process which attempts to or actually evades taxes under the Act or this part, after a reprimand has been made against the promoter.

   10. (J)

       1. (i) If a promoter offers for sale, exchange, or barter, premium or exclusive seating including, but not limited to, tables or couches, the promoter must declare the total fair market value of such seating and provide an invoice, manifest, or other record of such sale, exchange, or barter.
       2. (ii) If such premium or exclusive seating is sold, exchanged, or bartered as part of a larger transaction e.g., advertising or sponsorship packages, the fair market value shall not be declared as less than the least value in dollars for the premium or exclusive seating if such seating for the event has been the sole the subject of a sale, exchange, or barter.
       3. (iii) The promoter’s declared fair market value will be used when calculating gross receipts;

4. (4) Event compensation.

   1. (A) In order to receive compensation hereunder, the person must have attended the event for official commission business at the specific request of or assignment by the designated employee or employees, chair, or duly authorized member.

   2. (B)

      1. (i) At such time as the commission has certified training open to officials and assigns officials to an event, compensation for the officials can be established by the commission.
      2. (ii) Until such time the promoter can negotiate such rates directly with officials.
   3. (C) Said officials must be approved by the commission.
   4. (D) The following fees may be increased or decreased from time to time by the commission.
   5. (E) In addition to any other sum to which the following persons may be entitled under this part and by agreement with the promoter, the following persons shall receive compensation for attendance and performance of their duties at an event as follows with such sums to be paid directly to the following by the promoter through remittance of cash, certified check, cashier’s check, or other check or order for immediately available funds to the commission official in charge of the event prior to the beginning of each event.

   6. (F) Such commission official shall distribute the sum to the following persons immediately after conclusion of the event, with the exception that the inspector fee must be paid by the promoter to the state and a warrant/direct deposit for payment by the commission will be issued to the inspector:

      1. (i) Announcer – Negotiable;
      2. (ii) Inspector/supervising commission official – One hundred dollars ($100) per day of event (all event days at which an inspector serves will be charged to the promoter);
      3. (iii) Referee – Negotiable;
      4. (iv) Judge – Negotiable;
      5. (v) Doctor – Negotiable; and
      6. (vi) Timekeeper – Negotiable; and

5. (5) Officials.

   1. (A) The promoter shall be responsible for selecting and obtaining the officials, except the inspectors and commission representatives who will be assigned solely by the commission.
   2. (B) At such time, after holding ABC-certified referee and training within the state, twelve (12) months after such training, professional referees and judges shall be certified in order to officiate.
   3. (C) All officials are subject to commission approval and the commission or designated employee or employees may disallow or reassign any official or otherwise require promoter to use only the officials appointed by the commission or designated employee or employees.

   4. (D) The minimum officials required for each event are:

      1. (i) One (1) announcer;
      2. (ii) One (1) commission representative;
      3. (iii) One (1) doctor;
      4. (iv) One (1) inspector;
      5. (v) Three (3) judges;
      6. (vi) One (1) referee; and
      7. (vii) One (1) timekeeper.

Codification Notes: "MMA" means mixed martial arts.