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  By: Geren H.J.R. No. 143
 
 
 
A JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the professional
  sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by
  the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association to conduct charitable
  raffles at rodeo venues.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 47(d-1), Article III, Texas
  Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  The legislature by general law may permit a
  professional sports team charitable foundation to conduct
  charitable raffles under the terms and conditions imposed by
  general law. The law may authorize the charitable foundation to pay
  with the raffle proceeds reasonable advertising, promotional, and
  administrative expenses. A law enacted under this subsection
  applies only to an entity defined as a professional sports team
  charitable foundation under that law and may only allow charitable
  raffles to be conducted at games or rodeo events hosted at the home
  venue of the professional sports team associated with a
  professional sports team charitable foundation. In this
  subsection, "professional sports team" means:
               (1)  a team organized in this state that is a member of
  Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the
  National Hockey League, the National Football League, Major League
  Soccer, the American Hockey League, the East Coast Hockey League,
  the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, the
  Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Minor League Baseball,
  the National Basketball Association Development League, the
  National Women's Soccer League, the Major Arena Soccer League, the
  United Soccer League, or the Women's National Basketball
  Association;
               (2)  a person hosting a motorsports racing team event
  sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
  (NASCAR), INDYCar, or another nationally recognized motorsports
  racing association at a venue in this state with a permanent seating
  capacity of not less than 75,000;
               (3)  an organization hosting a Professional Golf
  Association event; [or]
               (4)  an organization sanctioned by the Professional
  Rodeo Cowboys Association; or
               (5)  any other professional sports team defined by law.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
  proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
  professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations
  sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association to conduct
  charitable raffles at rodeo venues."