Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 89 — Professional Boxing Safety
§ 6307a. Contract requirements
Statutory text
Within 2 years after , the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) shall develop and shall approve by a vote of no less than a majority of its member State boxing commissioners, guidelines for minimum contractual provisions that should be included in bout agreements and boxing contracts. It is the sense of the Congress that State boxing commissions should follow these ABC guidelines.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–272 § 9 · 110 Stat. 3309
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6307a
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 9, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 9, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), May 26, 2000, 114 Stat. 322.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 9. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. No member or employee of a boxing commission, no person who administers or enforces State boxing laws, and no member of the Association of Boxing Commissions may belong to, contract with, or receive any compensation from, any person who sanctions, arranges, or promotes professional boxing matches or who otherwise has a financial interest in an active boxer currently registered with a boxer registry. For purposes of this section, the term “compensation” does not include funds held in escrow for payment to another person in connection with a professional boxing match. The prohibition set forth in this section shall not apply to any contract entered into, or any reasonable compensation received, by a boxing commission to supervise a professional boxing match in another State as described in section 4.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 9 of Pub. L. 104–272 was renumbered section 17 and is classified to section 6308 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 104–272, § 9, as added Pub. L. 106–210, § 4(2), , 114 Stat. 322.)