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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-05 - Left pending in committee [HB902 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB902-Introduced.html
  84R3301 DDT-D
 
  By: Parker H.B. No. 902
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.
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