S.B. No. 1424
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the municipalities authorized to use the other events
  trust fund to attract certain sporting events and to the
  comptroller of public accounts' responsibilities regarding those
  events.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subdivision (2), Section 1, Chapter 1507, Acts
  of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapters 579 and 814,
  Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted
  and amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Endorsing municipality" means an endorsing
  municipality for purposes of Section 4, 5, [or] 5A, or 5B of this
  Act [a municipality that has a population of 850,000 or more
  according to the most recent federal decennial census and that
  authorizes a bid by a local organizing committee for selection of
  the municipality as the site of the 2011 Pan American Games or the
  2012 Olympic Games].
         SECTION 2.  Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section 5A,
  Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999
  (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
  read as follows:
               (2)  "Endorsing municipality" means a municipality
  [that has a population of one million or more and] that contains a
  site selected by a site selection organization for one or more
  games.
         SECTION 3.  Subsection (b), Section 5A, Chapter 1507, Acts
  of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  If a site selection organization selects a site for a
  game in this state pursuant to an application by a local organizing
  committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, not later
  than three months before the date of the game or six months before
  the date of the game upon request of a local organizing committee,
  endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, the comptroller shall
  determine for the two-week period that ends at the end of the day
  after the date on which the game will be held, in accordance with
  procedures developed by the comptroller:
               (1)  the incremental increase in the receipts to the
  state from taxes imposed under Chapters 151, 152, 156, and 183, Tax
  Code, and under Title 5, Alcoholic Beverage Code, within the market
  areas designated under Subsection (c) of this section, that is
  directly attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the
  preparation for and presentation of the game and related events;
               (2)  the incremental increase in the receipts collected
  by the state on behalf of each endorsing municipality in the market
  area from the sales and use tax imposed by each endorsing
  municipality under Section 321.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed
  beverage tax revenue to be received by each endorsing municipality
  under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code, that is directly attributable,
  as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation for and
  presentation of the game and related events;
               (3)  the incremental increase in the receipts collected
  by the state on behalf of each endorsing county in the market area
  from the sales and use tax imposed by each endorsing county under
  Section 323.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue to
  be received by each endorsing county under Section 183.051(b), Tax
  Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the
  comptroller, to the preparation for and presentation of the game
  and related events;
               (4)  the incremental increase in the receipts collected
  by each endorsing municipality in the market area from the hotel
  occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 351, Tax Code, that is directly
  attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation
  for and presentation of the game and related events; and
               (5)  the incremental increase in the receipts collected
  by each endorsing county in the market area from the hotel occupancy
  tax imposed under Chapter 352, Tax Code, that is directly
  attributable, as determined by the comptroller, to the preparation
  for and presentation of the game and related events.
         SECTION 4.  Subsection (j), Section 5A, Chapter 1507, Acts
  of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
         (j)  The comptroller shall provide an estimate not later than
  three months before the date of a game or six months before the date
  of the game upon request of a local organizing committee, endorsing
  municipality, or endorsing county of the total amount of tax
  revenue that would be deposited in the Other Events trust fund under
  this section in connection with that game, if the game were to be
  held in this state at a site selected pursuant to an application by
  a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing
  county.  The comptroller shall provide the estimate on request to a
  local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing
  county.  A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or
  endorsing county may submit the comptroller's estimate to a site
  selection organization.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1424 passed the Senate on
  April 19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 21, 2007, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1424 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 16, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
  Nays 1, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor