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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to conforming the eligibility under a major events trust |
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fund of a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I |
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Football Bowl Subdivision postseason event with the changes to the |
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Bowl Championship Series system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5A(a)(4), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), 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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(4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate |
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Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National |
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Basketball Association All-Star Game, the National Hockey League |
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All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, a game of |
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the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl Championship |
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Series or its successor or a National Collegiate Athletic |
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Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision postseason |
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playoff or championship game, a World Cup Soccer game, the World |
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Games, a national collegiate championship of an amateur sport |
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sanctioned by the national governing body of the sport that is |
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recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, an Olympic |
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activity, including a Junior or Senior activity, training program, |
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or feeder program sanctioned by the United States Olympic |
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Committee's Community Olympic Development Program, the Breeders' |
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Cup World Championships, a Formula One automobile race, the Academy |
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of Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association |
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Triple Crown, or a national political convention of the Republican |
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National Committee or the Democratic National Committee. The term |
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includes any activities related to or associated with an event. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |