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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. Subsection (b), Section 5A, 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), is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) If a site selection organization selects a site for a |
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game in this state pursuant to an application by a local organizing |
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committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, not later |
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than three months before the date of the game or six months before |
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the date of the game upon request of a local organizing committee, |
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endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, the comptroller shall |
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determine for the two-week period that ends at the end of the day |
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after the date on which the game will be held, in accordance with |
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procedures developed by the comptroller: |
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(1) the incremental increase in the receipts to the |
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state from taxes imposed under Chapters 151, 152, 156, and 183, Tax |
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Code, and under Title 5, Alcoholic Beverage Code, within the market |
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areas designated under Subsection (c) of this section, that is |
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directly attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the |
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preparation for and presentation of the game and related events; |
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(2) the incremental increase in the receipts collected |
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by the state on behalf of each endorsing municipality in the market |
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area from the sales and use tax imposed by each endorsing |
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municipality under Section 321.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed |
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beverage tax revenue to be received by each endorsing municipality |
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under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code, that is directly attributable, |
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as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation for and |
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presentation of the game and related events; |
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(3) the incremental increase in the receipts collected |
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by the state on behalf of each endorsing county in the market area |
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from the sales and use tax imposed by each endorsing county under |
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Section 323.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue to |
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be received by each endorsing county under Section 183.051(b), Tax |
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Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the |
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comptroller, to the preparation for and presentation of the game |
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and related events; |
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(4) the incremental increase in the receipts collected |
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by each endorsing municipality in the market area from the hotel |
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occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 351, Tax Code, that is directly |
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attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation |
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for and presentation of the game and related events; and |
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(5) the incremental increase in the receipts collected |
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by each endorsing county in the market area from the hotel occupancy |
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tax imposed under Chapter 352, Tax Code, that is directly |
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attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation |
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for and presentation of the game and related events. |
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SECTION 4. Subsection (j), Section 5A, 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), is amended to read as follows: |
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(j) The comptroller shall provide an estimate not later than |
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three months before the date of a game or six months before the date |
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of the game upon request of a local organizing committee, endorsing |
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municipality, or endorsing county of the total amount of tax |
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revenue that would be deposited in the Other Events trust fund under |
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this section in connection with that game, if the game were to be |
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held in this state at a site selected pursuant to an application by |
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a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing |
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county. The comptroller shall provide the estimate on request to a |
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local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing |
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county. A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or |
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endorsing county may submit the comptroller's estimate to a site |
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selection organization. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |