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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of events, including certain NASCAR |
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events, to receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement |
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Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5A(a)(4), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts |
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of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows: |
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(4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate |
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Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National |
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Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National |
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Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star |
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Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl |
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Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate |
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Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
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postseason playoff or championship game, the National Collegiate |
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Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a |
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World Cup Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major |
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League Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the |
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Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an |
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Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, the United States Open |
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Championship, the World Games, a national collegiate championship |
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of an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the |
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sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, an |
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Olympic activity, including a Junior or Senior activity, training |
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program, or feeder program sanctioned by the United States Olympic |
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Committee's Community Olympic Development Program, the Amateur |
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Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, a mixed martial arts |
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championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One |
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automobile race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, the |
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National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) All-Star |
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Race, the season-ending Championship Race for the National |
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Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Academy of |
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Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple |
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Crown, a national political convention of the Republican National |
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Committee or the Democratic National Committee, a presidential |
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general election debate, or the largest event held each year at a |
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sports entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating |
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capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not less |
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than 125,000. The term includes any activities related to or |
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associated with an event. |
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SECTION 2. Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the |
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76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's |
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Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection (a-1) and |
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adding Subsection (a-4) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) An event not listed in Subsection (a)(4) of this |
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section is ineligible for funding under this section. A listed |
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event may receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement |
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Program under this section only if: |
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(1) a site selection organization selects a site |
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located in this state for the event to be held one time or, for an |
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event scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an |
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event contract, or an event support contract, one time each year for |
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the period of years, after considering, through a highly |
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competitive selection process, one or more sites that are not |
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located in this state; |
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(2) a site selection organization selects a site in |
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this state as: |
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(A) the sole site for the event; or |
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(B) the sole site for the event in a region |
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composed of this state and one or more adjoining states; |
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(3) the event is held not more than one time in any |
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year; [and] |
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(4) the amount of the incremental increase in tax |
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receipts determined by the department under Subsection (b) of this |
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section equals or exceeds $1 million, provided that for an event |
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scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an event |
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contract or event support contract, the incremental increase in tax |
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receipts shall be calculated as if the event did not occur in the |
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prior year; and |
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(5) not later than the 30th day before the first day of |
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the event, a site selection organization submits a plan to prevent |
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the trafficking of persons in connection with the event to the |
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office of the attorney general and the chief of the Texas Division |
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of Emergency Management. |
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(a-4) The office of the attorney general may: |
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(1) distribute the plan required under Subsection |
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(a-1)(5) of this section to appropriate law enforcement agencies |
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and to the office of the governor; and |
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(2) publish the plan on the office's Internet website. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a request submitted by a local organizing committee, endorsing |
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municipality, or endorsing county under Section 5A, Chapter 1507 |
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(S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 |
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(Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A request submitted under Section 5A |
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before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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request is submitted, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3294 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 21, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3294 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 22, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3294 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays |
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11. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |