Sec.29-143j-13a. Duties of the promoter

(a) All promoters shall make such arrangements to safeguard the premises where contests or exhibitions are conducted so as to ensure to the commissioner’s or such commissioner’s authorized representative’s satisfaction that adequate protection against injury, disorderly conduct or other unlawful act has been provided.

(b) All promoters shall provide, in each registered facility where contests or exhibitions are conducted, a private room for the referees and a second private room for the commissioner or such commissioner’s authorized representative.

(c) All promoters shall be responsible for payment of all officials.

(d) All promoters, in distributing the receipts of any contest or exhibition, shall first deduct all taxes due to the state pursuant to section 29-143m of the Connecticut General Statutes and then deduct all sums due for payments to the officials and insurance premiums. Thereafter, the contestants shall be compensated.

(e) The promoter’s license shall be available for inspection by the commissioner or such commissioner’s authorized representative at any time.

(f) All promoters shall supply suitable seating alongside the combat area for the following officials and the commissioner and the commissioner’s authorized representatives. The seating shall be as follows:

(1) Three high chairs for the judges:

(A) Boxing judges’ chairs shall be placed in the center of three of the four ringside rows; and

(B) Mixed martial arts judges’ chairs shall be in a position that allows each judge a good vantage point to view the match.

(2) One seat for the announcer;

(3) One seat for each timekeeper;

(4) One seat in each contestant’s corner for the commissioner’s representative;

(5) One seat in each contestant’s corner for each combat area physician; and

(6) Such other seats as required by the commissioner or such commissioner’s authorized representative.

The seating of the officials, commissioner and the commissioner’s authorized representative shall take precedence over anyone else sitting alongside the combat area. Tickets shall not be sold for these seats.

(g) The promoter is responsible for and shall maintain proper sanitary conditions with respect to the combat area, dressing rooms, toilets, showers, water bottles, towels and other athletic equipment.

(h) The promoter shall arrange to have an ambulance with at least one advanced emergency medical technician or certified paramedic and all necessary emergency medical equipment continually available at the facility throughout the entire contest or exhibition for injured contestants who may need immediate medical attention or transportation to the nearest hospital.

(i) The promoter shall be responsible for ticket refunds to ticket holders in the event of any change in or cancellation of a contest or an exhibition.

(Effective November 6, 2015)