Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 35 - Boxing Comm. - contract w/Non- profit Organ. for amateur boxing

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 31-31-7

1. Cheeks  23rd


Senate Comm: EDT&C      /         House Comm: Ind        /                      
Senate Vote: Yeas 52    Nays 2                                                  
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              Senate          Action          House                             
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             1/10/95   Read 1st time          2/1/95                            
             1/27/95   Favorably Reported     3/9/95                            
             1/30/95   Read 2nd Time          2/2/95                            
             1/31/95   Read 3rd Time          3/17/95                           
             1/31/95   Passed/Adopted         3/17/95                           
             3/28/95   Sent To Governor                                         
             4/18/95   Signed by Governor                                       
             341       Act/Veto Number                                          
             7/1/95    Effective Date                                           
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Code Sections amended: 31-31-2, 31-31-7                                         


SB 35 95                                          LC 21 3027

      SENATE BILL 35

      By:  Senator Cheeks of the 23rd


                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 31 of Title 31 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to boxing match licenses, so as
  1- 3  to provide that the State Boxing Commission shall be
  1- 4  authorized to contract with certain nonprofit organizations
  1- 5  to promote amateur boxing; to repeal a provision relating to
  1- 6  the repeal of such chapter;  to repeal conflicting laws; and
  1- 7  for other purposes.

  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 9  Chapter 31 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1-10  Annotated, relating to boxing match licenses, is amended by
  1-11  inserting at the end of Code Section 31-31-2, relating to
  1-12  the State Boxing Commission, a new subsection to read as
  1-13  follows:

  1-14    "(j) The commission shall be authorized to engage in
  1-15    activities which promote amateur boxing in this state and
  1-16    to contract with any nonprofit organization which is
  1-17    exempted from the taxation of income pursuant to Code
  1-18    Section 47-7-25 for the provision of services related to
  1-19    the promotion of amateur boxing in this state."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-20  Said chapter is further amended by striking in its entirety
  1-21  Code Section 31-31-7, relating to the repeal of such
  1-22  chapter, which reads as follows:

  1-23    "31-31-7. (Index)

  1-24    This chapter shall stand repealed in its entirety on June
  1-25    30, 1995, and on that date the State Boxing Commission
  1-26    shall stand abolished."

                         SECTION 3.

  1-27  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-28  repealed.


                              S. B. 35
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