§440-10  Licenses, promoters.  (a)  Any
individual or club may apply to the commission for a license to conduct, hold,
or give professional boxing contests.  The application shall be in writing,
addressed to the commission, and signed by the applicant, or if the applicant
is a club, by a duly authorized officer, partner, or member thereof, and shall
include the following:



(1)  Evidence of financial integrity in accordance
with rules adopted by the commission pursuant to chapter 91; and



(2)  Proof that the applicant has currently satisfied
all of the applicable requirements of the department's business registration
division.



(b)  The application shall contain a recital of
the facts as may be specified by the commission in order for it to determine
whether or not the applicant possesses the necessary physical, mental, moral,
and financial qualifications to entitle the applicant to a license.



(c)  The commission shall not issue any license
to conduct, hold, or give boxing contests unless it is satisfied that the
applicant has complied with the conditions of this chapter, possesses the
necessary qualifications for a license, and is the real party in interest, and
intends to conduct, hold, or give the contests or matches itself.  The
commission shall not issue a promoter's license to an applicant if the
applicant or any of the applicant's officers, partners, members, or associates
have been convicted of any crime related to gambling or a crime that is
directly related to the person's performance in the sport of boxing.



(d)  A license may be revoked at any time if
the commission finds after a hearing that:  the licensee is not the real party
in interest or has not complied with this chapter or the rules of the
commission; or the licensee or any of the licensee's officers, partners,
members, or associates have been convicted of any crime related to gambling or
a crime that is directly related to the person's performance in the sport of
boxing.



(e)  Every license shall be subject to this
chapter and the rules of the commission. [L 1929, c 216, §11; RL 1935, §6998;
RL 1945, §7559; am L 1949, c 264, §5; RL 1955, §165-10; HRS §440-10; am L 1983,
c 241, §8; am L 1986, c 135, §7; am L 1997, c 40, §5; am L 2004, c 135, §9]