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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Major Events Reimbursement Program. |
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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 X Games, the National |
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Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star |
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Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl |
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Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate |
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Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
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postseason playoff or championship game, the National Collegiate |
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Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a |
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World Cup Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major |
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League Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the |
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Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an |
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Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, the United States Open |
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Championship, the World Games, a national collegiate championship |
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of an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the |
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sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, an |
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Olympic activity, including a Junior or Senior activity, training |
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program, or feeder program sanctioned by the United States Olympic |
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Committee's Community Olympic Development Program, the Amateur |
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Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, a mixed martial arts |
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championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One |
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automobile race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, an FIA |
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Formula E automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the |
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National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, a national |
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political convention of the Republican National Committee or the |
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Democratic National Committee, a presidential general election |
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debate, or the largest event held each year at a sports |
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entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating |
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capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not less |
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than 125,000. The term includes any activities related to or |
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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, 2017. |