Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:80

  • Club: means any club, corporation, association, or individual under the authority of the commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:85
  • Commission: means the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:85
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

A.  No referee, club owner, club officer, club, or member of the commission shall represent any contestant or receive from a contestant any share of his purse.  Any violation of this rule subjects the violator to forfeiture of his license.

B.  Whenever the payment of a purse is in dispute, the commission may withhold all or any portion thereof pending a hearing on the disbursement thereof, or, in its discretion, may order the purse deposited in the registry of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.