Bill Text: TX HB193 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-19 - Filed [HB193 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB193-Introduced.html
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By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 193 |
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relating to the eligibility of certain 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 amended by H.B. 1472, H.B. 3607, S.B. 1155, and S.B. 1265, Acts | ||
of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, and effective | ||
September 1, 2021, are reenacted and amended to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Event" means any of the following and includes | ||
any activity related to or associated with the following: | ||
(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) the Confederation of North, Central America | ||
and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Gold Cup; | ||
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Championship; | ||
(I) the [ |
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Prix [ |
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sports entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating | ||
capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of at least | ||
125,000 on September 1, 2021; | ||
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Game; | ||
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or the Major League Soccer Cup; | ||
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States; | ||
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Auto Racing (NASCAR): | ||
(i) All-Star Race; | ||
(ii) season-ending Championship Race; or | ||
(iii) Texas Grand Prix race; | ||
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All-Star Game; | ||
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Association Final Four tournament game; | ||
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Association men's or women's lacrosse championships; | ||
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an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the | ||
sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee; | ||
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Triple Crown; | ||
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Game; | ||
(V) the National Hot Rod Association Fall | ||
Nationals at the Texas Motorplex; | ||
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Republican National Committee or the Democratic National | ||
Committee; | ||
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Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Championship Series; | ||
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Junior or Senior activity, training program, or feeder program | ||
sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee's Community | ||
Olympic Development Program; | ||
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debate; | ||
(AA) the Professional Bull Riders World Finals; | ||
(BB) the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) | ||
Championship; | ||
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Association National Finals Rodeo; | ||
(DD) the Ryder Cup; | ||
(EE) the Senior Professional Golfers' | ||
Association (PGA) Championship; | ||
(FF) the South by Southwest Conference and | ||
Festivals; | ||
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(II) the Women's Professional Golfers' | ||
Association (PGA) Championship; | ||
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Cup soccer tournament; | ||
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WrestleMania event; or | ||
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(7) "Site selection organization" means: | ||
(A) the Academy of Country Music; | ||
(B) the Amateur Athletic Union; | ||
(C) the Big 12 Conference; | ||
(D) the College Football Playoff Administration, | ||
LLC, or its successor; | ||
(E) the Commission on Presidential Debates; | ||
(F) the Confederation of North, Central America | ||
and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf); | ||
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Football Association (FIFA); | ||
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Association; | ||
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Auto Racing (NASCAR); | ||
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Association; | ||
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Association; | ||
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(V) the National Hot Rod Association; | ||
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Association (NRCHA); | ||
(X) Professional Bull Riders, LLC; | ||
(Y) the Professional Golfers' Association of | ||
America (PGA) and its wholly owned subsidiaries; | ||
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Association; | ||
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(BB) South by Southwest; | ||
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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 478.0053, Government Code, as amended by | ||
H.B. 1472, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 478.0053. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY | ||
REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN LARGE EVENTS [ |
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478.0051(b)(1) does not apply to an event described by Section | ||
478.0001(3)(J) or (FF) [ |
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municipality or endorsing county requests the office to make a | ||
determination under Section 478.0102 for an event described by | ||
Section 478.0001(3)(J) or (FF) [ |
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provisions of this chapter apply to that event as if the event | ||
satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section | ||
478.0051(b)(1). | ||
SECTION 3. If this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all | ||
the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, | ||
Article III, Texas Constitution, this Act takes effect on the first | ||
day that occurs after August 31, 2021, and is on or after the | ||
earliest date on which this Act may take effect. If this Act does | ||
not receive the vote necessary for effect on that date, this Act | ||
takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative | ||
session. |