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1	1	By: Patrick, et al. H.B. No. 735
2	2	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 735:
3	3	By: Anderson of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 735
4	4
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to events to receive funding through a major events trust
9	9	fund.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subdivisions (4) and (5), Subsection (a),
12	12	Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature,
13	13	Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
14	14	Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
15	15	(4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate
16	16	Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National
17	17	Basketball Association All-Star Game, the National Hockey League
18	18	All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, a National
19	19	Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl Championship Series game, a
20	20	World Cup Soccer game, the World Games, a national collegiate
21	21	championship of an amateur sport sanctioned by the national
22	22	governing body of the sport that is recognized by the United States
23	23	Olympic Committee, an Olympic activity, including a Junior or
24	24	Senior activity, training program, or feeder program sanctioned by
25	25	the United States Olympic Committee's Community Olympic
26	26	Development Program, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, [or] a
27	27	Formula One automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards,
28	28	the National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, or a national
29	29	political convention of the Republican National Committee or the
30	30	Democratic National Committee. The term includes any activities
31	31	related to or associated with an event.
32	32	(5) "Site selection organization" means:
33	33	(A) the National Football League, the National
34	34	Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball
35	35	Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the
36	36	Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the
37	37	International World Games Association, or the United States Olympic
38	38	Committee;
39	39	(B) [or] the national governing body of a sport
40	40	that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the
41	41	National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management
42	42	Limited, or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile;
43	43	(C) the Academy of Country Music;
44	44	(D) the National Cutting Horse Association; or
45	45	(E) the Republican National Committee or the
46	46	Democratic National Committee.
47	47	SECTION 2. Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the
48	48	76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
49	49	Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (w) to read
50	50	as follows:
51	51	(w) Not later than 18 months after the last day of an event
52	52	eligible for disbursements from the Major Events trust fund for
53	53	costs associated with the event, the comptroller using existing
54	54	resources shall:
55	55	(1) complete a study in the market area of the event on
56	56	the measurable economic impact directly attributable to the
57	57	preparation for and presentation of the event and related
58	58	activities; and
59	59	(2) post on the comptroller's Internet website the
60	60	results of the study conducted under Subdivision (1) of this
61	61	subsection.
62	62	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
63	63	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
64	64	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
65	65	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
66	66	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.