Bill Text: TX SB4 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to provisions in agreements between governmental entities and professional sports teams requiring the United States national anthem to be played at team events.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB4-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 4 | ||
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| relating to provisions in agreements between governmental entities | ||
| and professional sports teams requiring the United States national | ||
| anthem to be played at team events. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 10, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 2274 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 2274. AGREEMENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS | ||
| Sec. 2274.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 2251.001. | ||
| (2) "Professional sports team" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 2004.002, Occupations Code. The term includes | ||
| a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent | ||
| company, or affiliate of a professional sports team that exists to | ||
| make a profit. | ||
| (3) "Sporting event" means any preseason, regular | ||
| season, or postseason game of a professional sports team. | ||
| Sec. 2274.002. PROVISIONS REQUIRED IN CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. | ||
| A governmental entity may not enter into an agreement with a | ||
| professional sports team that requires a financial commitment by | ||
| this state or any governmental entity unless the agreement | ||
| includes: | ||
| (1) a written verification that the professional | ||
| sports team will play the United States national anthem at the | ||
| beginning of each team sporting event held at the team's home venue | ||
| or other facility controlled by the team for the event; and | ||
| (2) a provision providing that failure to comply with | ||
| the written verification required by Subdivision (1) for any team | ||
| sporting event at the team's home venue or other facility: | ||
| (A) constitutes a default of the agreement; | ||
| (B) immediately subjects the team to any penalty | ||
| the agreement authorizes for default, which may include requiring | ||
| the team to repay any money paid to the team by this state or any | ||
| governmental entity or classifying the team as ineligible to | ||
| receive further money under the agreement; and | ||
| (C) may subject the team to debarment from | ||
| contracting with this state. | ||
| Sec. 2274.003. STRICT ADHERENCE TO DEFAULT PROVISION. (a) | ||
| A governmental entity that enters into an agreement with a | ||
| professional sports team shall strictly adhere to the default | ||
| provision required by Section 2274.002(2). | ||
| (b) If a governmental entity fails to timely adhere to the | ||
| default provision required under Section 2274.002(2), the attorney | ||
| general may intervene to enforce the provision. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 4 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 4 passed the House on | ||
| May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 34, three | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
