Bill Text: TX SB2004 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington for funding under the major events reimbursement program.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/25 [SB2004 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB2004-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 2004 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility of the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington | ||
| 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, | ||
| are 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) the Bassmaster Classic; | ||
| (D) a Big 12 Football Conference Championship | ||
| game; | ||
| (E) the Breeders' Cup World Championships; | ||
| (F) the CMT (Country Music Television) Music | ||
| Awards; | ||
| (G) a game of the College Football Playoff or its | ||
| successor; | ||
| (H) the Confederation of North, Central America | ||
| and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Gold Cup; | ||
| (I) a CONVRG conference; | ||
| (J) an Elite Rodeo Association World | ||
| Championship; | ||
| (K) a Federation Equestre Internationale World | ||
| Cup Final; | ||
| (L) a Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme | ||
| (FIM) World Supercross Championship race; | ||
| (M) the Formula One United States Grand Prix; | ||
| (M-1) the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington; | ||
| (N) 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 at least | ||
| 125,000 on September 1, 2021; | ||
| (O) the Major League Baseball All-Star Game; | ||
| (P) the Major League Soccer All-Star Game or the | ||
| Major League Soccer Cup; | ||
| (Q) a mixed martial arts championship; | ||
| (R) the Moto Grand Prix of the United States; | ||
| (S) the National Association for Stock Car Auto | ||
| Racing (NASCAR): | ||
| (i) All-Star Race; | ||
| (ii) season-ending Championship Race; or | ||
| (iii) Texas Grand Prix race; | ||
| (T) the National Basketball Association All-Star | ||
| Game; | ||
| (U) a National Collegiate Athletic Association | ||
| Final Four tournament game; | ||
| (V) the National Collegiate Athletic Association | ||
| men's or women's lacrosse championships; | ||
| (W) 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; | ||
| (X) the National Cutting Horse Association | ||
| Triple Crown; | ||
| (Y) the National Hockey League All-Star Game; | ||
| (Z) the National Hot Rod Association Fall | ||
| Nationals at the Texas Motorplex; | ||
| (AA) a national political convention of the | ||
| Republican National Committee or the Democratic National | ||
| Committee; | ||
| (BB) the National Reined Cow Horse Association | ||
| (NRCHA) Championship Series; | ||
| (CC) 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; | ||
| (DD) a presidential general election debate; | ||
| (EE) the Professional Bull Riders World Finals; | ||
| (FF) the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association | ||
| National Finals Rodeo; | ||
| (GG) a series of cricket matches or competitions | ||
| within the T20 World Cup; | ||
| (HH) a Super Bowl; | ||
| (II) the United States Open Championship; | ||
| (JJ) a World Cup soccer game or the World Cup | ||
| soccer tournament; | ||
| (KK) the World Games; | ||
| (LL) a World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| WrestleMania event; or | ||
| (MM) the X Games. | ||
| (7) "Site selection organization" means: | ||
| (A) the Academy of Country Music; | ||
| (B) the Amateur Athletic Union; | ||
| (C) Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, LLC; | ||
| (D) the Big 12 Conference; | ||
| (E) CMT (Country Music Television) Productions | ||
| Inc.; | ||
| (F) the College Football Playoff Administration, | ||
| LLC, or its successor; | ||
| (G) the Commission on Presidential Debates; | ||
| (H) the Confederation of North, Central America | ||
| and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf); | ||
| (I) the Democratic National Committee; | ||
| (J) Dorna Sports; | ||
| (K) the Elite Rodeo Association; | ||
| (L) Encore Live; | ||
| (M) ESPN or an affiliate; | ||
| (N) the Federation Equestre Internationale | ||
| (FEI); | ||
| (O) the Federation Internationale de Football | ||
| Association (FIFA); | ||
| (P) the International Cricket Council; | ||
| (Q) the International World Games Association; | ||
| (R) Major League Baseball; | ||
| (S) Major League Soccer; | ||
| (T) the National Association for Stock Car Auto | ||
| Racing (NASCAR); | ||
| (U) the National Basketball Association; | ||
| (V) the National Collegiate Athletic | ||
| Association; | ||
| (W) the National Cutting Horse Association; | ||
| (X) the National Football League; | ||
| (Y) the National Hockey League; | ||
| (Z) the National Hot Rod Association; | ||
| (AA) the National Reined Cow Horse Association | ||
| (NRCHA); | ||
| (AA-1) Penske Entertainment; | ||
| (BB) Professional Bull Riders, LLC; | ||
| (CC) the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association; | ||
| (DD) the Republican National Committee; | ||
| (EE) SX Global; | ||
| (FF) the Ultimate Fighting Championship; | ||
| (GG) the United States Golf Association; | ||
| (HH) the United States Olympic Committee; | ||
| (II) World Wrestling Entertainment; or | ||
| (JJ) the national governing body of a sport that | ||
| is recognized by: | ||
| (i) the Federation Internationale de | ||
| l'Automobile; | ||
| (ii) Formula One Management Limited or its | ||
| successor; | ||
| (iii) the National Thoroughbred Racing | ||
| Association; or | ||
| (iv) the United States Olympic Committee. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 478.0051, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an event described by | ||
| Section 478.0001(3)(M-1) may receive funding through the program if | ||
| a site selection organization selects a site in this state as the | ||
| sole site for the event without considering through a highly | ||
| competitive process one or more sites not in this state. This | ||
| subsection expires September 1, 2030. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2004 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2004 passed the House on | ||
| May 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 85, Nays 58, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
