84R8309 YDB-F
By: Button H.B. No. 1318
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of presidential general election
debates for distributions from 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 X Games, the National
Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star
Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl
Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate
Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
postseason playoff or championship 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, a mixed martial
arts championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula
One automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the
National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, a presidential
general election debate, a national political convention of the
Republican National Committee or the Democratic National
Committee, or the largest event held each year at a sports
entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating
capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not less
than 125,000. 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 Commission on Presidential Debates.
SECTION 2. Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the
76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (a-3) to
read as follows:
(a-3) For purposes of Subsection (a-1) of this section, each
presidential general election debate in a series of presidential
debates before a general election is considered a separate, single
event.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.