Amend HB 3023 (house committee printing) as follows:

(1)  Strike page 1, line 18, through page 3, line 8, and substitute the following:

(G)  the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Championship tournament;

(H)  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 at least 125,000;

(I) [(H)]  the Major League Baseball All-Star Game;

(J) [(I)]  the Major League Soccer All-Star Game or the Major League Soccer Cup;

(K) [(J)]  a mixed martial arts championship;

(L) [(K)]  the Moto Grand Prix of the United States;

(M) [(L)]  the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR):

(i)  All-Star Race; or

(ii)  season-ending Championship Race;

(N) [(M)]  the National Basketball Association All-Star Game;

(O) [(N)]  a National Collegiate Athletic Association Final Four tournament game;

(P) [(O)]  the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships;

(Q) [(P)]  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;

(R) [(Q)]  the National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown;

(S) [(R)]  the National Hockey League All-Star Game;

(T) [(S)]  a national political convention of the Republican National Committee or the Democratic National Committee;

(U) [(T)]  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;

(V) [(U)]  a presidential general election debate;

(Y) [(V)]  the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo;

(BB) [(W)]  a Super Bowl;

(CC) [(X)]  the United States Open Championship;

(DD) [(Y)]  a World Cup soccer game or the World Cup soccer tournament;

(EE) [(Z)]  the World Games; or

(FF) [(AA)]  the X Games.

(2)  Strike page 3, line 22, through page 4, line 19, and substitute the following:

(K)  the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA);

(L)  Major League Baseball;

(M) [(L)]  Major League Soccer;

(N) [(M)]  the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR);

(O) [(N)]  the National Basketball Association;

(P) [(O)]  the National Collegiate Athletic Association;

(Q) [(P)]  the National Cutting Horse Association;

(R) [(Q)]  the National Football League;

(S) [(R)]  the National Hockey League;

(V) [(S)]  the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association;

(W) [(T)]  the Republican National Committee;

(X) [(U)]  the Ultimate Fighting Championship;

(Y) [(V)]  the United States Golf Association;

(Z) [(W)]  the United States Olympic Committee; or

(AA) [(X)]  the national governing body of a sport that is recognized by:

(i)  the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile;

(ii)  Formula One Management Limited;

(iii)  the National Thoroughbred Racing Association; or

(iv)  the United States Olympic Committee.

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 478.0053, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 478.0053.  EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN LARGE VENUES. Section 478.0051(b)(1) does not apply to an event described by Section 478.0001(3)(H) [478.0001(3)(G)]. If an endorsing municipality or endorsing county requests the office to make a determination under Section 478.0102 for an event described by Section 478.0001(3)(H) [478.0001(3)(G)], the remaining provisions of this chapter apply to that event as if the event satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section 478.0051(b)(1).