Bill Text: TX HB902 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a clarification of the law governing eligibility of National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing events for funding under the Major Events trust fund.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-05 - Left pending in committee [HB902 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB902-Introduced.html
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| By: Parker | H.B. No. 902 | |
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| relating to a clarification of the law governing eligibility of | ||
| National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing 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, 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
