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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of certain events to receive funding |
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through 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. Sections 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. |
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456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article |
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5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as |
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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, a Big 12 Football |
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Conference Championship game, the National Collegiate Athletic |
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Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a World Cup |
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Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major League |
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Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the Professional |
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Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an Elite Rodeo |
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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, a World Wrestling Entertainment WrestleMania event, |
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the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One automobile |
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race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, the National |
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Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) All-Star Race, the |
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season-ending Championship Race for the National Association for |
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Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Academy of Country Music |
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Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, a |
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championship event in the National Reined Cow Horse Association |
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(NRCHA) Championship Series, a national political convention of the |
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Republican National Committee or the Democratic National |
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Committee, a presidential general election debate, or the largest |
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event held each year at a sports entertainment venue in this state |
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with a permanent seating capacity, including grandstand and premium |
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seating, of not less than 125,000. The term includes any activities |
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related to or associated with an event. |
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(5) "Site selection organization" means: |
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(A) the National Football League, the National |
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Collegiate Athletic Association, the Big 12 Conference, the |
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National Basketball Association, ESPN or an affiliate, the National |
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Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the Federation |
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Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the International |
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World Games Association, the National Association for Stock Car |
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Auto Racing (NASCAR), Dorna Sports, the Amateur Athletic Union, the |
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Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the Elite Rodeo |
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Association, Major League Soccer, the United States Golf |
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Association, or the United States Olympic Committee; |
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(B) the national governing body of a sport that |
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is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National |
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Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited, |
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or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile; |
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(C) the Academy of Country Music; |
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(D) the National Cutting Horse Association; |
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(E) the National Reined Cow Horse Association |
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(NRCHA); |
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(F) the Republican National Committee or the |
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Democratic National Committee; |
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(G) [(F)] the Ultimate Fighting Championship; |
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[or] |
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(H) World Wrestling Entertainment; or |
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(I) [(G)] the Commission on Presidential |
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Debates. |
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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, 2019. |
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