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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain event trust funds and the abolishment of the |
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special event trust fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 4(i) and (l), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), |
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Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article |
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5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapters 579 |
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(H.B. 1675) and 814 (S.B. 275), Acts of the 78th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2003, are reenacted and amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(i) The comptroller shall provide an estimate not later than |
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September [December] 1 [, 2003,] of the year that is eight years |
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before the year in which the games would be held in this state of the |
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total amount of state and municipal tax revenue that would be |
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deposited in the Pan American Games trust fund before January 1 [,
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2012,] of the year following the year in which the games would be |
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held, if the games were to be held in this state at a site selected |
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pursuant to an application by a local organizing committee. The |
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comptroller shall provide the estimate on request to a local |
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organizing committee. A local organizing committee may submit the |
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comptroller's estimate to a site selection organization. |
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(l) On January 1 [, 2013,] of the second year following the |
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year in which the games are held in this state, the comptroller |
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shall transfer to the general revenue fund any money remaining in |
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the Pan American Games trust fund, not to exceed the amount of state |
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revenue remaining in the trust fund, plus any interest earned on |
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that state revenue. The comptroller shall remit to the endorsing |
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municipality any money remaining in the trust fund after the |
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required amount is transferred to the general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 2. Section 5A(a), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of |
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the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subdivision |
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(4) and by amending Subdivision (5), as amended by S.B. 293, Acts of |
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the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, 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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Academy of Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse |
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Association Triple Crown, a national political convention of the |
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Republican National Committee or the Democratic National |
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Committee, a presidential general election debate, or the largest |
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event held each year at a sports entertainment venue in this state |
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with a permanent seating capacity, including grandstand and premium |
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seating, of not less than 125,000. The term includes any |
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activities related to or associated with an event. |
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(5) "Site selection organization" means: |
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(A) the National Football League, the National |
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Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball |
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Association, ESPN or an affiliate, the National Hockey League, |
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Major League Baseball, the Federation Internationale de Football |
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Association (FIFA), the International World Games Association, the |
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National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Dorna |
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Sports, the Amateur Athletic Union, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys |
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Association, the Elite Rodeo Association, Major League Soccer, the |
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United States Golf Association, or the United States Olympic |
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Committee; |
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(B) the national governing body of a sport that |
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is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National |
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Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited, |
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or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile; |
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(C) the Academy of Country Music; |
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(D) the National Cutting Horse Association; |
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(E) the Republican National Committee or the |
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Democratic National Committee; [or] |
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(F) the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or |
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(G) the Commission on Presidential Debates. |
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SECTION 3. 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 adding Subsection (a-3) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-3) For purposes of Subsection (a-1) of this section, each |
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presidential general election debate in a series of presidential |
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debates before a general election is considered a separate, single |
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event. |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 398, Local Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of |
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Chapter 398, Local Government Code, a special event plan approved |
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under former Chapter 398 of that code before September 1, 2015, is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |