83R6840 GCB-F
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1812
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the events eligible to receive funding through a major
events trust fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B.
456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article
5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
follows:
(4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate
Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National
Basketball Association All-Star Game, the National Hockey League
All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, a National
Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl Championship Series game, a
World Cup Soccer game, the World Games, a national collegiate
championship of an amateur sport sanctioned by the national
governing body of the sport that is recognized by the United States
Olympic Committee, an Olympic activity, including a Junior or
Senior activity, training program, or feeder program sanctioned by
the United States Olympic Committee's Community Olympic
Development Program, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a
Formula One automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards,
the National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, [or] a
national political convention of the Republican National Committee
or the Democratic National Committee, or an Ultimate Fighting
Championship worldwide championship fighting event. The term
includes any activities related to or associated with an event.
(5) "Site selection organization" means:
(A) the National Football League, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball
Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the
International World Games Association, or the United States Olympic
Committee;
(B) the national governing body of a sport that
is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National
Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited,
or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile;
(C) the Academy of Country Music;
(D) the National Cutting Horse Association; [or]
(E) the Republican National Committee or the
Democratic National Committee; or
(F) the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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, 2013.