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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 for funding under the |
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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, 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, the |
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National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) All-Star |
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Race, the season-ending Championship Race for the National |
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Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the AAA Texas |
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National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Fall Nationals, the Academy of |
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Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple |
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Crown, a national political convention of the Republican National |
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Committee or the Democratic National Committee, a presidential |
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general election debate, or the largest event held each year at a |
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sports 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 as of September 1, 2019. The term includes any |
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activities 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 National Basketball |
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Association, ESPN or an affiliate, the National Hockey League, |
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Major League Baseball, the Federation Internationale de Football |
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Association (FIFA), the International World Games Association, the |
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National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the |
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National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), Dorna Sports, the Amateur |
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Athletic Union, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the |
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Elite Rodeo Association, Major League Soccer, the United States |
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Golf 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 Republican National Committee or the |
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Democratic National Committee; |
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(F) the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or |
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(G) the Commission on Presidential Debates. |
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SECTION 2. Section 5A(a-2), 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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(a-2) Subsection (a-1)(1) of this section does not apply to |
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an event that is 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 as of September 1, 2019. If an endorsing municipality |
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or endorsing county requests the department to make a determination |
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under Subsection (b) of this section for an event described by this |
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subsection, the provisions of this section apply to that event as if |
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it satisfied the eligibility requirements for an event under |
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Subsection (a-1)(1) of this section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |