Bill Text: TX HB1318 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB1318 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1318-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Button, Johnson, Springer, H.B. No. 1318
      Anderson of McLennan, Leach, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  re
  lating to the eligibility of presidential general election
  debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B.
  456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article
  5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by S.B. 293,
  Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, are amended to
  read as follows:
               (4)  "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate
  Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National
  Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National
  Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star
  Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl
  Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate
  Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
  postseason playoff or championship game, a World Cup Soccer game,
  the World Games, 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, 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, a mixed martial
  arts championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula
  One automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the
  National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, a presidential
  general election debate, a national political convention of the
  Republican National Committee or the Democratic National
  Committee, or 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 not less
  than 125,000.  The term includes any activities related to or
  associated with an event.
               (5)  "Site selection organization" means:
                     (A)  the National Football League, the National
  Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball
  Association, ESPN or an affiliate, the National Hockey League,
  Major League Baseball, the Federation Internationale de Football
  Association (FIFA), the International World Games Association, the
  National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), or the
  United States Olympic Committee;
                     (B)  the national governing body of a sport that
  is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National
  Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited,
  or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile;
                     (C)  the Academy of Country Music;
                     (D)  the National Cutting Horse Association;
                     (E)  the Republican National Committee or the
  Democratic National Committee; [or]
                     (F)  the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or
                     (G)  the Commission on Presidential Debates.
         SECTION 2.  Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the
  76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
  Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (a-3) to
  read as follows:
         (a-3)  For purposes of Subsection (a-1) of this section, each
  presidential general election debate in a series of presidential
  debates before a general election is considered a separate, single
  event.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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