H.B. No. 3402
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a venue district to act as an endorsing
  municipality or endorsing county for purposes of games or event
  trust funds; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 335, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 335.078 to read as follows:
         Sec. 335.078.  VENUE DISTRICT AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY OR
  COUNTY. (a) A venue district located in a county with a population
  of 3.3 million or more may act as an endorsing municipality or
  endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes).
         (b)  A venue district acting as an endorsing municipality or
  endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), shall remit for deposit into the trust fund established
  for the games or event the amounts determined by the comptroller
  under that chapter. The comptroller shall determine the
  incremental increase in receipts attributable to the games or event
  and related activities under that chapter based on the amount of
  applicable taxes imposed by each municipality or county that
  comprises the venue district and not on the amount of taxes imposed
  by the venue district.
         (c)  A venue district acting as an endorsing municipality or
  endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes), may guarantee the district's obligations under a games
  or event support contract by pledging surcharges from user fees,
  including parking or ticket fees, charged in connection with the
  games or event and related activities.
         (d)  Subject to Subsection (b), a venue district acting as an
  endorsing municipality or endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts
  of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
  Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as authorized by this section, has
  all the powers of an endorsing municipality or endorsing county
  under that chapter, and any action an endorsing municipality or
  endorsing county is required to take by ordinance or order under
  that chapter may be taken by order or resolution of the venue
  district.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3402 was passed by the House on May
  12, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, Nays 21, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3402 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor