88R14839 PRL-D
 
  By: Clardy H.B. No. 3946
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility requirements for certain events under the
  major events reimbursement program and the events trust fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 478, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 478.00525 to read as follows:
         Sec. 478.00525.  SINGLE YEAR CLASSIFICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY
  PURPOSES FOR CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS. For purposes of Sections
  478.0051(b)(1) and (3), a sporting event listed in Section
  478.0001(3) is considered to be held one time in each year if the
  event is held only one time in any annual season for that sport.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 480, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 480.00515 to read as follows:
         Sec. 480.00515.  SINGLE YEAR CLASSIFICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY
  PURPOSES FOR CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS. For purposes of Sections
  480.0051(1) and (3), a sporting event is considered to be held one
  time in each year if the event is held only one time in any annual
  season for that sport.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.