84R14054 GCB-F
 
  By: Anderson of McLennan H.B. No. 2074
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2074:
 
  By:  Button C.S.H.B. No. 2074
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of a Professional Rodeo Cowboys
  Association finals event to receive funding through a major events
  trust fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B.
  456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article
  5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
  follows:
               (4)  "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate
  Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National
  Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National
  Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star
  Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl
  Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate
  Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
  postseason playoff or championship game, a World Cup Soccer game,
  the World Games, a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association finals
  event, a national collegiate championship of an amateur sport
  sanctioned by the national governing body of the sport that is
  recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, an Olympic
  activity, including a Junior or Senior activity, training program,
  or feeder program sanctioned by the United States Olympic
  Committee's Community Olympic Development Program, a mixed martial
  arts championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula
  One automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the
  National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, a national
  political convention of the Republican National Committee or the
  Democratic National Committee, or the largest event held each year
  at a sports entertainment venue in this state with a permanent
  seating capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not
  less than 125,000.  The term includes any activities related to or
  associated with an event.
               (5)  "Site selection organization" means:
                     (A)  the National Football League, the National
  Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball
  Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the
  Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the
  International World Games Association, the Professional Rodeo
  Cowboys Association, or the United States Olympic Committee;
                     (B)  the national governing body of a sport that
  is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National
  Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited,
  or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile;
                     (C)  the Academy of Country Music;
                     (D)  the National Cutting Horse Association; or
                     (E)  the Republican National Committee or the
  Democratic National Committee.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2015.