| 1 | 1 | | 84R2609 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bell, Johnson, Villalba, Meyer, et al. H.B. No. 1440 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the eligibility of Elite Rodeo Association World |
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| 8 | 8 | | Championships for funding from the Major Events trust fund. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article |
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| 12 | 12 | | 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate |
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| 15 | 15 | | Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National |
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| 16 | 16 | | Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National |
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| 17 | 17 | | Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star |
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| 18 | 18 | | Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl |
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| 19 | 19 | | Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate |
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| 20 | 20 | | Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
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| 21 | 21 | | postseason playoff or championship game, a World Cup Soccer game, |
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| 22 | 22 | | the World Games, an Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, a |
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| 23 | 23 | | national collegiate championship of an amateur sport sanctioned by |
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| 24 | 24 | | the national governing body of the sport that is recognized by the |
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| 25 | 25 | | United States Olympic Committee, an Olympic activity, including a |
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| 26 | 26 | | Junior or Senior activity, training program, or feeder program |
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| 27 | 27 | | sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee's Community |
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| 28 | 28 | | Olympic Development Program, a mixed martial arts championship, the |
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| 29 | 29 | | Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One automobile race, |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Academy of Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse |
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| 31 | 31 | | Association Triple Crown, a national political convention of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Republican National Committee or the Democratic National |
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| 33 | 33 | | Committee, or the largest event held each year at a sports |
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| 34 | 34 | | entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating |
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| 35 | 35 | | capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not less |
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| 36 | 36 | | than 125,000. The term includes any activities related to or |
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| 37 | 37 | | associated with an event. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (5) "Site selection organization" means: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) the National Football League, the National |
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| 40 | 40 | | Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball |
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| 41 | 41 | | Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the |
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| 42 | 42 | | Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the |
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| 43 | 43 | | International World Games Association, the Elite Rodeo |
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| 44 | 44 | | Association, or the United States Olympic Committee; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) the national governing body of a sport that |
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| 46 | 46 | | is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National |
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| 47 | 47 | | Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited, |
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| 48 | 48 | | or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (C) the Academy of Country Music; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (D) the National Cutting Horse Association; or |
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| 51 | 51 | | (E) the Republican National Committee or the |
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| 52 | 52 | | Democratic National Committee. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 54 | 54 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 55 | 55 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 56 | 56 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 57 | 57 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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