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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports |
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team charitable foundations of rodeo organizations sanctioned by |
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certain professional associations or hosting a Professional Rodeo |
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Event at rodeo venues. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2004.002, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subdivision (2) and Subdivision (6) and adding a new |
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Subdivision (7) to read as follows: |
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(2) "Professional sports team" means: |
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(A) a team organized in this state that is a |
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member of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball |
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Association, the National Hockey League, the National Football |
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League, Major League Soccer, the American Hockey League, the East |
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Coast Hockey League, the American Association of Independent |
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Professional Baseball, the Atlantic League of Professional |
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Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the National Basketball |
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Association Development League, the National Women's Soccer |
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League, the Major Arena Soccer League, the United Soccer League, or |
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the Women's National Basketball Association; |
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(B) a person hosting a motorsports racing team |
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event sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto |
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Racing (NASCAR), INDYCar, or another nationally recognized |
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motorsports racing association at a venue in this state with a |
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permanent seating capacity of not less than 75,000; [or] |
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(C) an organization hosting a Professional Golf |
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Association event; or |
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(D) an organization hosting a Professional Rodeo |
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Event or sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association |
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or the Women's Professional Rodeo Association. |
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(6) "Rodeo venue" means a facility in this state owned |
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or operated by and operated as the home venue of an organization |
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sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the |
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Women's Professional Rodeo Association or an organization hosting a |
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Professional Rodeo Event at which rodeos are conducted by that |
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organization. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2025. |