By: Puente H.B. No. 1298 73R1495 LJD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the gloves used in a boxing contest, match, or 1-3 exhibition. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. The Texas Boxing and Wrestling Act (Article 1-6 8501-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by adding Section 1-7 6A to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 6A. BOXING GLOVES. In any boxing contest, match, or 1-9 exhibition conducted in this state, the contestants shall wear 1-10 eight-ounce boxing gloves, unless the commissioner by rule requires 1-11 or permits the contestants to wear heavier gloves. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 1993. 1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.