80R18628 E

By: Brimer, Harris, et al. S.B. No. 1424

Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1424:

By: KolkhorstC.S.S.B. No. 1424C.S.S.B. No. 1424 Kolkhorst C.S.S.B. No. 1424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the municipalities authorized to use the other events trust fund to attract certain sporting events.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Section 1, Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapters 579 and 814, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:

(2) "Endorsing municipality" means an endorsing municipality for purposes of Section 4, 5, [or] 5A, or 5B of this Act [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 Pan American Games or the 2012 Olympic Games].

SECTION 2. Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section 5A, Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:

(2) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipality [that has a population of one million or more and] that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games.

SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 5A, 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) If a site selection organization selects a site for a game in this state pursuant to an application by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, not later than three months before the date of the game or six months before the date of the game upon request of a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, the comptroller shall determine for the two-week period that ends at the end of the day after the date on which the game will be held, in accordance with procedures developed by the comptroller:

(1) the incremental increase in the receipts to the state from taxes imposed under Chapters 151, 152, 156, and 183, Tax Code, and under Title 5, Alcoholic Beverage Code, within the market areas designated under Subsection (c) of this section, that is directly attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation for and presentation of the game and related events;

(2) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by the state on behalf of each endorsing municipality in the market area from the sales and use tax imposed by each endorsing municipality under Section 321.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue to be received by each endorsing municipality under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation for and presentation of the game and related events;

(3) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by the state on behalf of each endorsing county in the market area from the sales and use tax imposed by each endorsing county under Section 323.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue to be received by each endorsing county under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation for and presentation of the game and related events;

(4) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by each endorsing municipality in the market area from the hotel occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 351, Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation for and presentation of the game and related events; and

(5) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by each endorsing county in the market area from the hotel occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 352, Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation for and presentation of the game and related events.

SECTION 4. Subsection (j), Section 5A, Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:

(j) The comptroller shall provide an estimate not later than three months before the date of a game or six months before the date of the game upon request of a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county of the total amount of tax revenue that would be deposited in the Other Events trust fund under this section in connection with that game, if the game were to be held in this state at a site selected pursuant to an application by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county. The comptroller shall provide the estimate on request to a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county. A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county may submit the comptroller's estimate to a site selection organization.

SECTION 5. 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, 2007.