Bill Text: TX HB900 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to a clarification of the law governing eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events trust fund.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 26-7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-26 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB900 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB900-Comm_Sub.html
  84R2133 DDT-F
 
  By: Isaac, Lucio III, Parker, H.B. No. 900
      Rodriguez of Travis, Villalba, et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a clarification of the law governing eligibility of
  certain events for funding under the Major Events trust fund.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5A(a)(5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts
  of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
               (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; [or]
                     (E)  the Republican National Committee or the
  Democratic National Committee; or
                     (F)  the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
         SECTION 2.  The amendment made by this Act to Section
  5A(a)(5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), is intended only to clarify existing law on the
  eligibility of certain events to receive funding from the Major
  Events trust fund. Each event held on or after the effective date of
  that Act and the event's eligibility to receive funding from the
  Major Events trust fund are governed by the law as clarified by this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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