04/04/2006 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

         SB 311-ATHLETIC COMMISSION; BOXING & WRESTLING                                                                     
                                                                                                                              
CHAIR CON BUNDE  announced SB 311 to be up  for consideration. He                                                               
said the Athletic Commission had not  been used in many years and                                                               
this was clean  up legislation that would  remove that commission                                                               
from the statutes.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
RICK  URION, Director,  Division of  Corporations, Business,  and                                                               
Professional  Licensing,  Department  of  Commerce,  Community  &                                                               
Economic Development  (DCCED), agreed  that his portrayal  of the                                                               
bill was  accurate. This  provision is outdated  and needs  to go                                                               
away.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BUNDE announced that he would  hold the bill until the next                                                               
hearing to give  committee members a chance  to gather additional                                                               
comments.