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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to abolishing the Major Events Trust fund, the Events |
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trust fund, and the Motor Sports Racing trust fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 1(1-a), (2), and (8), Chapter 1507 |
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(S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 |
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(Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(1-a) "Endorsing county" means an endorsing county for |
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purposes of Section 5[, 5A, 5B, or 5C] of this Act. |
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(2) "Endorsing municipality" means an endorsing |
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municipality for purposes of Section 4 or [,] 5[, 5A, 5B, or 5C] of |
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this Act. |
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(8) "Site selection organization" means a site |
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selection organization as defined by Section 5 [Sections 5, 5A, and
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5C] of this Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1(3), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of |
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the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapter 814 (S.B. |
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275), Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "Games" means the Pan American Games or [,] the |
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Olympic Games[, the Super Bowl, the National Collegiate Athletic
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Association Final Four, the National Basketball Association
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All-Star Game, the National Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major
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League Baseball All-Star Game, the National Collegiate Athletic
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Association Bowl Championship Series Games, the World Cup Soccer
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Games, or the World Games]. The term includes the events and |
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activities related to the games. |
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SECTION 3. Section 7(a), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of |
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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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(a) The department shall review requests from a local |
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organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county |
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that the department, on behalf of the state, enter into a games |
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support contract that is required by a site selection organization |
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in connection with the committee's, municipality's, or county's bid |
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to host any of the games. [This section does not affect or apply to
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an event support contract under Section 5A, 5B, or 5C of this Act to
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which the department is not a party.] |
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SECTION 4. (a) On September 1, 2017: |
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(1) Sections 1(2-a), 5A, 5B, and 5C, Chapter 1507 |
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(S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 |
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(Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are repealed; and |
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(2) each fund established under Sections 1(2-a), 5A, |
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5B, and 5C, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil |
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Statutes), is abolished. |
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(b) The applicable provisions of Sections 5A, 5B, and 5C, |
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Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as |
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those sections existed immediately before the effective date of |
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this Act, including any fund established under those sections, |
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remain in effect as those provisions apply in relation to the |
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particular events described by this subsection until all money from |
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the fund for the particular event has been disbursed and all |
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obligations under an event support contract for the particular |
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event have been satisfied. This subsection applies only if, before |
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the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) pursuant to an application by a local organizing |
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committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, a site |
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selection organization selects a site in this state for a |
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particular event to which Section 5A, 5B, or 5C, Chapter 1507, |
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applies; and |
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(2) one or more event support contracts for the |
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particular event have been entered into. |
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SECTION 5. The repeal by this Act of Sections 5A, 5B, and |
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5C, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), |
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does not apply to an offense committed under Chapter 1507 before |
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September 1, 2017. An offense committed before September 1, 2017, |
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is governed by the law as it existed on the date the offense was |
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committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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before September 1, 2017, if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |