Bill Text: TX SB874 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain cricket events for funding under the major events reimbursement program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-28 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [SB874 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB874-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain cricket events for funding under the major events reimbursement program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-28 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [SB874 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB874-Introduced.html
By: West | S.B. No. 874 | |
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relating to the eligibility of the certain cricket events for | ||
funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 478.0001(3) and (7), Government Code, | ||
as effective April 1, 2021, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Event" means any of the following and includes | ||
any activity (A) the Academy of Country Music Awards; | ||
(B) the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic | ||
Games; | ||
(C) a Big 12 Football Conference Championship | ||
game; | ||
(D) the Breeders' Cup World Championships; | ||
(E) a game of the College Football Playoff or its | ||
successor; | ||
(F) a CONVRG conference; | ||
(G) an Elite Rodeo Association World | ||
Championship; | ||
(H) a Formula One automobile race; | ||
(I) the largest event held each year at a sports | ||
entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating | ||
capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of at least | ||
125,000; | ||
(J) the Major League Baseball All-Star Game; | ||
(K) the Major League Soccer All-Star Game or the | ||
Major League Soccer Cup; | ||
(L) a mixed martial arts championship; | ||
(M) the Moto Grand Prix of the United States; | ||
(N) the National Association for Stock Car Auto | ||
Racing (NASCAR): | ||
(i) All-Star Race; or | ||
(ii) season-ending Championship Race; | ||
(O) the National Basketball Association All-Star | ||
Game; | ||
(P) a National Collegiate Athletic Association | ||
Final Four tournament game; | ||
(Q) the National Collegiate Athletic Association | ||
men's or women's lacrosse championships; | ||
(R) a national collegiate championship of an | ||
amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the | ||
sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee; | ||
(S) the National Cutting Horse Association | ||
Triple Crown; | ||
(T) the National Hockey League All-Star Game; | ||
(U) a national political convention of the | ||
Republican National Committee or the Democratic National | ||
Committee; | ||
(V) a championship event in the National Reined | ||
Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Championship Series; | ||
(W) an Olympic activity, including a Junior or | ||
Senior activity, training program, or feeder program sanctioned by | ||
the United States Olympic Committee's Community Olympic | ||
Development Program; | ||
(X) a presidential general election debate; | ||
(Y) the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association | ||
National Finals Rodeo; | ||
(Z) a Super Bowl; | ||
(AA) the United States Open Championship; | ||
(BB) a World Cup soccer game or the World Cup | ||
soccer tournament; | ||
(CC) the World Games; | ||
(DD) a World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
WrestleMania event; or | ||
(EE) the X Games; or | ||
(FF) an individual match or competition or a | ||
series of matches or competitions including the T20 World Cup | ||
sanctioned by the International Cricket Council, USA Cricket, or | ||
Major League Cricket. | ||
(7) "Site selection organization" means: | ||
(A) the Academy of Country Music; | ||
(B) the Amateur Athletic Union; | ||
(C) the College Football Playoff Administration, | ||
LLC, or its successor; | ||
(D) the Commission on Presidential Debates; | ||
(E) the Democratic National Committee; | ||
(F) Dorna Sports; | ||
(G) the Elite Rodeo Association; | ||
(H) ESPN or an affiliate; | ||
(I) the Federation Internationale de Football | ||
Association (FIFA); | ||
(J) International Cricket Council, USA Cricket, | ||
or Major League Cricket; | ||
(K) the International World Games Association; | ||
(K) Major League Baseball; | ||
(L) Major League Soccer; | ||
(M) the National Association for Stock Car Auto | ||
Racing (NASCAR); | ||
(N) the National Basketball Association; | ||
(O) the National Collegiate Athletic | ||
Association; | ||
(P) the National Cutting Horse Association; | ||
(Q) the National Football League; | ||
(R) the National Hockey League; | ||
(S) the National Hot Rod Association; | ||
(T) the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association; | ||
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(X) the United States Olympic Committee; or | ||
(Y) the national governing body of a sport that | ||
is recognized by: | ||
(i) the Federation Internationale de | ||
l'Automobile; | ||
(ii) Formula One Management Limited; | ||
(iii) the National Thoroughbred Racing | ||
Association; or | ||
(iv) the United States Olympic Committee. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 478.0051, Government Code, as effective | ||
April 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 478.0051. EVENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. (a) Only an | ||
event listed in Section 478.0001(3) is eligible for funding under | ||
this chapter. | ||
(b) A listed event may receive funding through the program | ||
only if: | ||
(1) a site selection organization, after considering | ||
through a highly competitive selection process one or more sites | ||
not in this state, selects a site in this state for the event to be | ||
held: | ||
(A) one time; or | ||
(B) if the event is scheduled under an event | ||
contract or event support contract to be held each year for a period | ||
of years, one time in each year; | ||
(2) a site selection organization selects a site in | ||
this state as: | ||
(A) the sole site for the event; or | ||
(B) the sole site for the event in a region | ||
composed of this state and one or more adjoining states; | ||
(3) the event is held not more than one time in any | ||
year; | ||
(4) the incremental increase in tax receipts | ||
determined under Section 478.0102 is at least $1 million; and | ||
(5) not later than the 30th day before the first day of | ||
the event, a site selection organization submits a plan to prevent | ||
the trafficking of persons in connection with the event to: | ||
(A) the office of the attorney general; and | ||
(B) the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency | ||
Management. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an event described by | ||
(3)(FF) may receive funding through the program if a portion of the | ||
event takes place in another state or country or if the event is | ||
held multiple times per year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |