Bill Text: TX SB579 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of the Concacaf Gold Cup for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-15 - Left pending in committee [SB579 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB579-Introduced.html
87R1658 BEE-D | ||
By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 579 |
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relating to the eligibility of the Concacaf Gold Cup 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, | ||
as effective April 1, 2021, 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 Breeders' Cup World Championships; | ||
(D) a game of the College Football Playoff or its | ||
successor; | ||
(E) the Confederation of North, Central America | ||
and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) Gold Cup; | ||
(F) an Elite Rodeo Association World | ||
Championship; | ||
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sports entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating | ||
capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of at least | ||
125,000; | ||
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Game; | ||
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or the Major League Soccer Cup; | ||
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States; | ||
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Auto Racing (NASCAR): | ||
(i) All-Star Race; or | ||
(ii) season-ending Championship Race; | ||
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All-Star Game; | ||
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Association Final Four tournament game; | ||
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Association men's or women's lacrosse championships; | ||
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an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the | ||
sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee; | ||
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Triple Crown; | ||
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Game; | ||
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Republican National Committee or the Democratic National | ||
Committee; | ||
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Junior or Senior activity, training program, or feeder program | ||
sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee's Community | ||
Olympic Development Program; | ||
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debate; | ||
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Association National Finals Rodeo; | ||
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Cup soccer tournament; | ||
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(7) "Site selection organization" means: | ||
(A) the Academy of Country Music; | ||
(B) the Amateur Athletic Union; | ||
(C) the College Football Playoff Administration, | ||
LLC, or its successor; | ||
(D) the Commission on Presidential Debates; | ||
(E) the Confederation of North, Central America | ||
and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf); | ||
(F) the Democratic National Committee; | ||
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Football Association (FIFA); | ||
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Association; | ||
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Auto Racing (NASCAR); | ||
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Association; | ||
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Association; | ||
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Association; | ||
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or | ||
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that is recognized by: | ||
(i) the Federation Internationale de | ||
l'Automobile; | ||
(ii) Formula One Management Limited; | ||
(iii) the National Thoroughbred Racing | ||
Association; or | ||
(iv) the United States Olympic Committee. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 478.0053, Government Code, as effective | ||
April 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 478.0053. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY | ||
REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN LARGE VENUES. Section 478.0051(b)(1) does | ||
not apply to an event described by Section 478.0001(3)(H) | ||
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requests the office to make a determination under Section 478.0102 | ||
for an event described by Section 478.0001(3)(H) [ |
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the remaining provisions of this chapter apply to that event as if | ||
the event satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section | ||
478.0051(b)(1). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |