Amend SB 944 as follows:
      (1)  In Subchapter E, Chapter 334, Local Government Code, as
added by SECTION 1 of the bill (committee printing, page 5, between
lines 31 and 32), insert a new Section 334.075 to read as follows:
      Sec. 334.075.  CONTRIBUTION OR DEDICATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE
BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.  (a)  A political subdivision, including
a metropolitan rapid transit authority created under Chapter 451,
Transportation Code, may contribute or dedicate to the authority
all or part of the sales and use tax revenue received by the
political subdivision that is generated, paid, or collected by any
or all businesses operating in an approved sports venue project.
If the political subdivision contributes or dedicates the revenue
to assist the authority in securing bonds or other obligations,
including refunding bonds, that are issued to provide funding for
an approved sports venue project, the political subdivision may not
make a contribution or dedication for that purpose after the date
on which those bonds or other obligations are no longer
outstanding.
      (b)  A political subdivision may contribute or grant sales
and use tax revenue under this section only if the governing body
or governing board of the political subdivision determines that the
approved sports venue project from which the revenue was or will be
derived will contribute to the economic, cultural, or recreational
development or well-being of the residents of the political
subdivision.
      (c)  The authority shall deposit revenue contributed or
dedicated under this section in the sports venue project fund and
may use the revenue in the same manner as any other money deposited
in the fund.
      (d)  A contribution or dedication of revenue under this
section is not a "method of financing" of the authority as that
term is used in Subchapter D.
      (2)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (committee printing, page
11, lines 10-52), and renumber the subsequent sections
accordingly.