78R8664 EMT-D


By:  Menendez, Jones of Bexar                                     H.B. No. 1675



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an extension of the state law supporting the Olympic and 
Pan American Games to cover the 2011 Pan American Games.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 1(2) and (3), Chapter 1507, Acts of the 
76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
		(2)  "Endorsing municipality" means a municipality 
that has a population of 850,000 or more according to the most 
recent federal decennial census and that authorizes a bid by a local 
organizing committee for selection of the municipality as the site 
of the 2011 [2007] Pan American Games or the 2012 Olympic Games.
		(3)  "Games" means the 2011 [2007] Pan American Games 
or the 2012 Olympic Games.
	SECTION 2.  Section 3, Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 3.  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.  The conduct in this state of 
the 2011 [2007] Pan American Games or the 2012 Olympic Games will:
		(1)  provide invaluable public visibility throughout 
the world for this state and the communities where the games are 
held;
		(2)  encourage and provide major economic benefits to 
the communities where the games are held and to the entire state; 
and
		(3)  provide opportunities for the creation of jobs by 
local and Texas businesses that pay a living wage.
	SECTION 3.  Section 4(a)(1), Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
		(1)  "Games" means the 2011 [2007] Pan American Games.
	SECTION 4.  Sections 4(i) and (l), Chapter 1507, Acts of the 
76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
	(i)  The comptroller shall provide an estimate not later than 
December [September] 1, 2003 [1999], of the total amount of state 
and municipal tax revenue that would be deposited in the Pan 
American Games trust fund before January 1, 2012 [2008], if the 
games were to be held in this state at a site selected pursuant to an 
application by a local organizing committee.  The comptroller shall 
provide the estimate on request to a local organizing committee.  A 
local organizing committee may submit the comptroller's estimate to 
a site selection organization.
	(l)  On January 1, 2013 [2009], the comptroller shall 
transfer to the general revenue fund any money remaining in the Pan 
American Games trust fund, not to exceed the amount of state revenue 
remaining in the trust fund, plus any interest earned on that state 
revenue.  The comptroller shall remit to the endorsing municipality 
any money remaining in the trust fund after the required amount is 
transferred to the general revenue fund.
	SECTION 5.  Section 6(b), Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An endorsing municipality authorizing a bid on its 
behalf for the 2011 [2007] Pan American Games is not required to 
hold an election under this section [if there is not a sufficient 
number of days between the effective date of this Act and a uniform 
election date that occurs before the date a site selection 
organization requires that the endorsing municipality and the state 
enter into a joinder undertaking to allow the municipality to 
submit the proposed election to the United States attorney general 
for preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 1973c), at least 120 days before the 
election].
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.