COMBATIVE SPORTS PROMOTER LICENSE APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE RETURNED. KEEP A COPY OF
YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATION, ALL ATTACHMENTS, AND YOUR CASHIER’S CHECK OR MONEY
ORDER.
1.
ASSOCIATION NAME - Write the complete legal name of the association.
2.
TYPE OF OWNERSHIP - Check the type of ownership for your association. If it is a SOLE
PROPRIETORSHIP, enter your social security number in the space provided. If you are a foreign
national, you must enter your passport number in the space provided. Social security number disclosure
is required by Section 231.302(c)(1) of the Texas Family Code in order to obtain a license. Your social
security number is subject to disclosure to an agency authorized to assist in the collection of child
support payments. For more information regarding child support payments, contact the Texas Attorney
General at:
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cs or call (512) 460-6000 or (800) 252-8014
3.
ASSOCIATION ADDRESS - Write the address for your association.
4.
ASSOCIATION PHONE - Write the business phone number for your association, including the area code,
where we can reach you during the day.
5.
FAX NUMBER - Write a fax number where your association can receive faxes from TDLR.
6.
FEDERAL ID NUMBER - If applicable, write the federal ID number that is used by your business.
Information about Federal or Employer ID numbers can be found at www.irs.gov/businesses.
7.
APPLICANT OR PRESIDENT NAME - Write the legal name of the applicant, if a sole proprietorship or
president of the corporation or company.
8.
DATE OF BIRTH - Write your birthdate or the birthdate of the corporate or company president.
9.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER - Social security number disclosure is required by Section 231.302(c)(1) of
the Texas Family Code in order to obtain a license. Your social security number is subject to disclosure to
an agency authorized to assist in the collection of child support payments. For more information regarding
child support payments, contact the Texas Attorney General at:
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cs or call (512) 460-6000 or (800) 252-8014
10.
FOREIGN NATIONAL PASSPORT NUMBER - Applicants that are foreign nationals, must provide their
passport number.
11.
MAILING ADDRESS - Write your current mailing address. This is the address where we can send you
mail. A post office box can be used. You can add the zip plus-4 to help the postal service deliver mail
more efficiently and accurately.
12.
PHONE NUMBER - Write a telephone number, including the area code, where we can reach you during
the day or where we can leave you a message.
13.
EMAIL ADDRESS - Write your email address only if you agree to the following statement. By providing
my email address I authorize the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) to send
licensing communications and required notices to me by electronic mail. I understand that I may revoke
this authorization in writing and that I must update my email address or I will not receive these notices. I
understand that the email address I have provided in this application will remain confidential except as
permitted or required by law.
14.
HAVE THIS DEPARTMENT OR ANY ATHLETIC COMMISSION EVER DISCIPLINED YOU - Check YES
or NO to indicate if you have ever been disciplined by TDLR or any athletic commission. If YES, attach a
full explanation to your application.
15.
DO YOU HAVE A DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL INTEREST - Check YES or NO to indicate if you
have any type of financial interest in the management of a contestant, manager, or sanctioning body. If
YES, attach a full explanation to your application.
16.
BOND - At the time of licensure and each renewal, a promoter applicant must submit to the
Department proof of financial responsibility by:
submitting a $15,000 surety bond written by a bonding company authorized to do business in
the State of Texas guaranteeing payment of all obligations, except gross receipts taxes.
submitting a $15,000 surety bond written by a bonding company authorized to do business in
the State of Texas guaranteeing payment of gross receipts taxes owed for promoted events.
17.
ORIENTATION - Please indicate which of the three Combative Sports Promoter Orientation option
chosen. If you choose to meet with our Combative Sports staff in Austin or via video conference, please
provide dates that you are available, so we may schedule the meeting. Should you select the video option,
you must complete that by going to the link indicated.
NOTE: You must complete one of the three combative Sport Promoter Orientation options listed before
your promoter’s license will be issued.
18.
STATEMENT OF APPLICANT - Carefully read the statement before you sign and date your application.
SEND YOUR COMPLETED APPLICATION AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO:
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
P.O. Box 12157
Austin, TX 78711-2157
Documents submitted with your application will not be returned. Keep a copy of your completed application,
all attachments, and you check or money order. Do not send cash.
For additional information and questions, please visit the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation
website at tdlr.texas.gov or reach Customer Service via webform where you can submit your request for
assistance and include attachments needed at https://tdlr.texas.gov/help or (800) 803-9202 [in state only],
(512) 463-6599, Relay Texas-TDD: (800) 735-2989 or Fax: (512) 463-9468. Customer Service
Representatives are available Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Central Time (excluding
holidays).
COMBATIVE SPORTS PROMOTER LICENSE APPLICATION
1. Association Name: (If applicable, name must be the same as principal on bond)
______________________________________________________________________________________________
If a Sole Proprietorship, you must provide your social security number: ______________________________________________________
(See instruction sheet for disclosure information)
If a Sole Proprietorship and a foreign national, provide your passport number: _____________________________
Number, Street Name, Suite Number/Apartment Number
City, County, State, Zip Code
3. Association Address:
YOU MUST MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE FILING DATE, OR THE APPLICATION WILL BE TERMINATED.
APPLICATION FEE: $900 (FEE IS NON-REFUNDABLE)
Number, Street Name, Suite Number/Apartment Number
City, County, State, Zip Code
11. Mailing Address: (USED TO RECEIVE MAIL FROM TDLR)(A PO box is allowed for this address)
9. Social Security Number: (See instruction sheet for disclosure information) ___________________________________________
7. Applicant or President Name:
_____________________________________________________
8. Date of Birth:
___________________________________________________
Month/Day/Year
TDLR Form BOX009 rev July 2019
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Sole Proprietorship Corporation Limited Partnership
Limited Liability Company Limited Liability Partnership General Partnership
2. Type of Ownership:
10. Foreign National Passport Number: (Foreign nationals must provide their passport number)
______________________________________________________________________________________
APPLICANT OR PRESIDENT INFORMATION
4. Association Phone:
___________________________________________________________________________
(Area Code) Phone Number
5. Association Fax Number:
_____________________________________________________________________________
(Area Code) Phone Number
6. Federal ID Number: ________________________________________________________________________
DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE
No Yes
No Yes
I certify that I will comply with all applicable laws and rules related to my licensed occupation or profession. I further cer-
tify that all information I have provided is true and correct. I understand that providing false information may result in
denial of this application and/or revocation of the license.
_____________________________ ______________________________________________________
Date Signed Applicant Signature
18.
STATEMENT OF APPLICANT
17. Combative Sports Promoter Orientation:
Upon completion and submittal of your application, you have three options for completing a promoter orientation. You
can either schedule an in-person orientation meeting with our Combative Sports staff located in the Austin office of the
Texas Department of Licensing & Regulations (TDLR), you may schedule a video conference meeting with staff or, you
may view our Combative Sports Promoter Orientation, PowerPoint video located at the following link on the TDLRs
Combative Sports web page at https://youtu.be/Db2j3RVE2LE.
Please indicate your option here: ___________________________________________.
Should you decide to meet with our staff in Austin or via video conference, please provide dates that you are available,
so we may schedule the meeting: ___________________________________.
NOTE: You must complete this interview before your license may be issued
TDLR Form BOX009 rev July 2019 Page 2 of 2
16. Bond: (Submit with this application)
(a) a $15,000 surety bond guaranteeing payment of all obligations, except gross receipt taxes arising from events
promoted; and
(b) a $15,000 surety bond guaranteeing payment of gross receipt taxes owed for events promoted.
See instruction sheet for more information on the surety bonds
15. Do you have a direct or indirect financial interest in the management of a contestant, manager, or
sanctioning body? If YES, attach a full explanation.
14. Has this Department or any athletic commission ever disciplined you? If YES, attach a full
explanation.
12. Phone Number:
___________________________________________________________________
(Area Code) Phone Number
13. Email Address:
_____________________________________________________________________________________
(Ex: johndoe@gmail.com) See instruction sheet for disclosure information
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COMBATIVE SPORTS PROMOTER BOND
THE STATE OF TEXAS
BOND NO. COUNTY OF _________________________________ ________________________________________
THAT (I) (WE), __________________________________________________________________________________
Owner(s)/Corporation
,Texas, of ________________________________________________ _______________________________________
(Complete name of service/business name) (City)
as Principal, and _____________________________________________________________________
(Surety)
as SURETY, duly authorized and qualified to do business as a surety company in the state, are firmly bound un-
to the STATE OF TEXAS in the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($15,000) payable at Austin,
Travis County, Texas, to the State for damages and restitution of expenses, including reasonable attorney's
fees, incurred by any person as the result of the operation of the Principal as a Combative Sports Promoter pur-
suant to Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2052 and for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we
bind ourselves, our heirs, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
This bond is to remain in full force and effect subject to the following terms and conditions:
, this bond shall be in full force and effect until cancelled by
the SURETY.
, 20__1) As of ______________________________
2) This bond is open to successive recovery, but in no event shall the aggregate liability of the SURETY under
this bond for any and all damages to one or more claimants exceed the face value of this bond.
3) The SURETY may at any time cancel this bond by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation. The SURETY, however, remains liable for any default under this
bond committed prior to the expiration of such thirty-day period and the bond shall be maintained until the
expiration of four years after the PRINCIPAL ceases to be licensed as a promoter.
4) Any person injured or aggrieved by any violation of this law by the PRINICIPAL, or his or her agents or
representatives, is entitled to bring suit on this bond.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said PRINCIPAL and SURETY have executed this bond this
, 20_day of . ,20_day of __, to be effective on the _________ __ __ ________________ ___ __________
________________________________________________ ________________________________________
Principal's Signature (Presidents if Incorporated) Secretary's Signature (if Incorporated)
TDLR Form BOX005 rev July 2019
AFFIDAVIT TO BE USED BY BONDING COMPANY
THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF ______________________________________________________________
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared _________________________________
Attorney-in-Fact for the below-named Surety on the above bond, being personally known to me to be the person
whose name is subscribed hereto in the capacity of Attorney-in-Fact of said Surety, and being by me duly sworn
says on oath that the surety is worth in its own right, over and above all exemptions, the full amount of the
bond, and based on information and belief he executed same pursuant to the attached Attorney-in-Fact affidavit
as the act and deed of said corporations for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
By:_____________________________________ ________________________________
Name of Bonding Company (Signature of Attorney-in-Fact)
. , 20_day ofSubscribed and sworn to before me this ____ __ ______________________
________________________________________________
Notary Public Signature
Commission Expires:
TDLR Form BOX005 rev May 2014
COMBATIVE SPORTS BOND FOR GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
THE STATE OF TEXAS
BOND NO. COUNTY OF _________________________________ ________________________________________
THAT (I) (WE), __________________________________________________________________________________
Owner(s)/Corporation
,Texas, of ________________________________________________ _______________________________________
(Complete name of service/business name) (City)
as Principal, and _____________________________________________________________________
(Surety)
as SURETY, duly authorized and qualified to do business as a surety company in the state, are firmly bound un-
to the STATE OF TEXAS in the sum of FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($15,000) payable at Austin,
Travis County, Texas, to the State for any gross receipts taxes due but unpaid by the Principal pursuant to Tex-
as Occupations Code Chapter 2052 and for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves,
our heirs, successors and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these present.
This bond is to remain in full force and effect subject to the following terms and conditions:
, this bond shall be in full force and effect until cancelled by
the SURETY.
, 20__1) As of ______________________________
2) This bond is open to successive recovery, but in no event shall the aggregate liability of the SURETY under
this bond for any and all damages to one or more claimants exceed the face value of this bond.
3) The SURETY may at any time cancel this bond by giving thirty (30) days written notice to the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation. The SURETY, however, remains liable for any default under this
bond committed prior to the expiration of such thirty-day period and the bond shall be maintained until the
expiration of four years after the PRINCIPAL ceases to be licensed as a promoter.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said PRINCIPAL and SURETY have executed this bond this
. ,20_day of __, to be effective on the _, 20_day of________ __ __ ________________ ___ __________
________________________________________________ ________________________________________
Principal's Signature (Presidents if Incorporated) Secretary's Signature (if Incorporated)
TDLR Form BOX006 rev July 2019
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AFFIDAVIT TO BE USED BY BONDING COMPANY
THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF _____________________________________________________________
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared ________________________________
Attorney-in-Fact for the below-named Surety on the above bond, being personally known to me to be the person
whose name is subscribed hereto in the capacity of Attorney-in-Fact of said Surety, and being by me duly sworn
says on oath that the surety is worth in its own right, over and above all exemptions, the full amount of the
bond, and based on information and belief he executed same pursuant to the attached Attorney-in-Fact affidavit
as the act and deed of said corporations for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
By:_____________________________________ ________________________________
Name of Bonding Company (Signature of Attorney-in-Fact)
. , 20_day ofSubscribed and sworn to before me this ____ ____________________ ____
________________________________________________
Notary Public
Commission Expires:
TDLR Form BOX006 rev May 2014