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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the municipalities authorized to use the other events |
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trust fund to attract certain sporting events. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Section 1, Chapter 1507, Acts |
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of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapters 579 and 814, |
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Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted |
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and amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Endorsing municipality" means an endorsing |
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municipality for purposes of Section 4, 5, [or] 5A, or 5B of this |
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Act [a municipality that has a population of 850,000 or more
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according to the most recent federal decennial census and that
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authorizes a bid by a local organizing committee for selection of
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the municipality as the site of the 2011 Pan American Games or the
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2012 Olympic Games]. |
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SECTION 2. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section 5A, |
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Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 |
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(Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(2) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipality |
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[that has a population of one million or more and] that contains a |
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site selected by a site selection organization for one or more |
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games. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |