By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1158

(In the Senate - Filed February 23, 2023; March 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development; April 6, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 6, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to single event classification for eligibility under the major events reimbursement program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 478.0052, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 478.0052. SINGLE EVENT CLASSIFICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY PURPOSES. For purposes of Section 478.0051:

(1) [,] each presidential general election debate in a series of presidential debates before a general election is considered a separate, single event; and

(2) each series of games for the World Cup soccer tournament held in a market area designated for that series is considered a separate, single event.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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