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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to broadcast coverage agreements for postseason activity |
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of students representing a University Interscholastic League |
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member school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.0813 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.0813. UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE POSTSEASON |
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BROADCAST AGREEMENTS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Local broadcaster" means a radio or television |
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station that broadcasts over radio, television, or a live streaming |
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platform live or recorded audio or video coverage of student |
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activity for a school in a local broadcast area, including a |
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student-organized broadcast offered as an educational course or |
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program by the school. |
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(2) "Postseason activity" means a University |
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Interscholastic League sponsored activity that occurs after the |
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conclusion of a regular sport season, including a single game or |
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tournament. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any agreement executed by the |
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University Interscholastic League authorizing a private entity to |
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provide exclusive broadcast coverage for a postseason activity of |
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students representing a member school, a local broadcaster may |
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provide broadcast coverage of the postseason activity if the local |
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broadcaster: |
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(1) broadcasts a majority of the students' activities |
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in a regular season under a valid agreement with the school; and |
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(2) complies with any agreement executed under |
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Subsection (c). |
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(c) The University Interscholastic League may require a |
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local broadcaster to execute an agreement to provide postseason |
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broadcasting coverage authorized under Subsection (b) that |
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includes provisions: |
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(1) requiring the local broadcaster to pay reasonable |
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compensation to the University Interscholastic League for a video |
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broadcast; |
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(2) requiring approval by the site hosting the |
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postseason activity of the local broadcaster's coverage; |
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(3) establishing limitations on the type of |
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organizations the local broadcaster may arrange as sponsors for the |
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broadcast; and |
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(4) requiring the local broadcaster to provide |
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competent and professional announcers for the broadcast. |
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(d) The University Interscholastic League may not execute |
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an agreement authorizing a private entity to provide exclusive |
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postseason broadcast coverage that conflicts with this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 33.0813, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to an agreement between the University |
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Interscholastic League and a local broadcaster to provide broadcast |
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coverage of a postseason activity of students representing member |
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schools that is entered into on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |