Bill Text: TX SB2182 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-23 - House appoints conferees-reported [SB2182 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2182-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Nelson | S.B. No. 2182 | |
| (Parker) | ||
| Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2182: No. | ||
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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 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. | ||
| 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article | ||
| 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate | ||
| Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National | ||
| Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National | ||
| Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star | ||
| Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl | ||
| Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate | ||
| Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision | ||
| postseason playoff or championship game, the National Collegiate | ||
| Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a | ||
| World Cup Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major | ||
| League Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the | ||
| Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an | ||
| Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, the United States Open | ||
| Championship, the World Games, 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, 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, the Amateur | ||
| Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, a mixed martial arts | ||
| championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One | ||
| automobile race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, the | ||
| National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) All-Star | ||
| Race, the season-ending Championship Race for the National | ||
| Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the AAA Texas | ||
| National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Fall Nationals, the Academy of | ||
| Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple | ||
| Crown, a national political convention of the Republican National | ||
| Committee or the Democratic National Committee, a presidential | ||
| general election debate, or 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 not less | ||
| than 125,000 as of September 1, 2019. The term includes any | ||
| activities related to or associated with an event. | ||
| (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), the | ||
| National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), Dorna Sports, the Amateur | ||
| Athletic Union, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the | ||
| Elite Rodeo Association, Major League Soccer, the United States | ||
| Golf Association, 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; | ||
| (E) the Republican National Committee or the | ||
| Democratic National Committee; | ||
| (F) the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or | ||
| (G) the Commission on Presidential Debates. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 5A(a-2), 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: | ||
| (a-2) Subsection (a-1)(1) of this section does not apply to | ||
| an event that is 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 not less | ||
| than 125,000 as of September 1, 2019. If an endorsing municipality | ||
| or endorsing county requests the department to make a determination | ||
| under Subsection (b) of this section for an event described by this | ||
| subsection, the provisions of this section apply to that event as if | ||
| it satisfied the eligibility requirements for an event under | ||
| Subsection (a-1)(1) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
