* § 7-a. Regulation of judges. 1. Judges for any contest under the
jurisdiction of the commission shall be selected by the commission from
a list of qualified licensed judges maintained by the commission.

2. Any boxer or manager may protest the assignment of a judge to a
contest and the protesting boxer or manager may be heard by the
commission or its designee if such protest is timely. If the protest is
untimely it shall be summarily rejected.

3. Each person seeking to be licensed as a judge by the commission
shall be required to submit to or provide proof of an eye examination
and annually thereafter on the anniversary of the issuance of the
license. Each person seeking to be a boxing judge in the state must be
certified as having completed a training program as approved by the
commission and shall have passed a written examination approved by the
commission covering aspects of boxing including, but not limited to, the
rules of the sport, the law of the state relating to the commission, and
basic first aid. The commission shall establish continuing education
programs to keep licensees current on areas of required knowledge.

4. Each person seeking a license to be a boxing judge in the state
shall be required to fill out a financial questionnaire certifying under
penalty of perjury full disclosure of the judge's financial situation on
a questionnaire to be promulgated by the commission. Such questionnaire
shall be in a form and manner approved by the commission and shall
provide information as to areas of actual or potential conflict of
interests as well as appearances of such conflicts, including financial
responsibility. Within forty-eight hours of any match, each boxing judge
shall file with the commission a financial disclosure statement in such
form and manner as shall be acceptable to the commission.

5. Only a person licensed by the commission may judge a boxing contest
within the state.

* NB Repealed September 1, 2016