86R7080 BEE-D
 
  By: Watson S.B. No. 1270
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain exhibitions and festivals to
  receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
         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, the National Collegiate
  Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a
  World Cup Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major
  League Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the
  Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an
  Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, the United States Open
  Championship, the World Games, 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, the Amateur
  Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, a mixed martial arts
  championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One
  automobile race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, the
  National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) All-Star
  Race, the season-ending Championship Race for the National
  Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Academy of
  Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple
  Crown, a world-renowned exhibition or festival that is recognized
  by the International World Exhibition & Festival Organization, a
  national political convention of the Republican National Committee
  or the Democratic National Committee, a presidential general
  election debate, 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, ESPN or an affiliate, the National Hockey League,
  Major League Baseball, the Federation Internationale de Football
  Association (FIFA), the International World Games Association, the
  National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Dorna
  Sports, the Amateur Athletic Union, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys
  Association, the Elite Rodeo Association, Major League Soccer, the
  United States Golf 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;
                     (E)  the International World Exhibition &
  Festival Organization;
                     (F) [(E)]  the Republican National Committee or
  the Democratic National Committee;
                     (G) [(F)]  the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or
                     (H) [(G)]  the Commission on Presidential
  Debates.
         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, 2019.