Florida Statute 548.006 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS

Chapter 548
PUGILISTIC EXHIBITIONS

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548.006 Power of commission to control professional and amateur boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts matches; certification of competitiveness of professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing matches.—

(1) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over every boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts match held within the state which involves a professional.

(2) As to professional mixed martial arts and kickboxing, until a central repository of match records for each exists and is approved by the commission, the matchmaker shall certify as to the competitiveness of each match.

(3) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction over approval, disapproval, suspension of approval, and revocation of approval of all amateur sanctioning organizations for amateur boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts matches held in this state.

(4) Professional and amateur matches shall be held in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission.

History.—ss. 2, 4, ch. 84-246; s. 2, ch. 88-365; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 116, ch. 99-251; s. 3, ch. 2002-172; s. 4, ch. 2004-69; s. 3, ch. 2014-128.

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Miccosukee Tribe Of Indians Of Florida v. Florida State Athletic Comm'n, 226 F.3d 1226 (11th Cir. 2000).

Cited 34 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Commission attempted to impose a tax pursuant to Fla. Stat. 548.06(1) which is a tax on the total gross receipts

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Hyman v. Harrold (In Re Harrold), 296 B.R. 868 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2003).

Cited 3 times | Published | United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 199, 2003 Bankr. LEXIS 935, 2003 WL 21939480

Chapter 7 Trustee); see also 5 Collier on Bankruptcy § 548.06 (Alan N. Resnick et al. eds., 15th ed. rev.2003)

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Top Rank, Inc. v. Florida State Boxing Com'n, 837 So. 2d 496 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003).

Cited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2003 WL 57000

that the trial court erred in determining that section 548.06, Florida Statutes, which imposes a 5% tax on

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Miccosukee Tribe v. Florida State Athletic Comm. (11th Cir. 2000).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

attempted to impose a tax pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 548.06(1) which is a tax on the total gross receipts

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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians v. Florida State Athletic Comm'n, 226 F.3d 1226 (11th Cir. 2000).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2000 WL 1288675

attempted to impose a tax pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 548.06(1) which is a tax on the total gross receipts

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