BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 4264

By: Button

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

In 2019, the Texas Legislature passed H.B. 2402, which made a championship event in the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Championship Series eligible for funding under the major event reimbursement program. Subsequently, the administrator of that program and the Office of the Governor did not agree that the name of the event that actually took place after the passage of the bill matched the name of the event in statute, and the event thus did not qualify for funding under the program. C.S.H.B. 4264 seeks to clarify the name of the event to ensure it qualifies for funding.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 4264 amends the Government Code to make all events of the National Reined Cow Horse Association Championship Series eligible for funding under the major events reimbursement program by removing language restricting such eligibility to championship events in that series.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2023.

COMPARISON OF INTRODUCED AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 4264 differs from the introduced in minor or nonsubstantive ways by conforming to certain bill drafting conventions.