...16 1.Characterization of the Florida Commission under State Law 17 Florida law clearly characterizes the Florida Commission as a state agency. Florida law defines an agency as, inter alia, a commission. See Fla. Stat.
20.03(11) (" 'Agency,' as the context requires, means a[ ] ... commission ...."); see also Fla. Stat.
120.51(1) (" 'Agency' means: ......
...The state created the Commission for the sole purpose of exercising state regulatory authority over boxing matches. See Fla. Stat.
548.003. In doing so, the state has carefully set forth the limits and extent of the Commission's power. 7 The Florida Commission falls within the state's definition of an agency, see Fla. Stat.
120.51, and thus, its rule making authority is subject to Florida's APA, see Fla....