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1		-	By: Smith (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 3402
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2015;
3		-	May 14, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
4		-	Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported
5		-	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; May 22, 2015,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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10		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	4		AN ACT
12	5		relating to the authority of a venue district to act as an endorsing
13	6		municipality or endorsing county for purposes of games or event
14	7		trust funds; authorizing a fee.
15	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	9		SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 335, Local Government
17	10		Code, is amended by adding Section 335.078 to read as follows:
18	11		Sec. 335.078. VENUE DISTRICT AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY OR
19	12		COUNTY. (a) A venue district located in a county with a population
20	13		of 3.3 million or more may act as an endorsing municipality or
21	14		endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
22	15		Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
23	16		Statutes).
24	17		(b) A venue district acting as an endorsing municipality or
25	18		endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
26	19		Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
27	20		Statutes), shall remit for deposit into the trust fund established
28	21		for the games or event the amounts determined by the comptroller
29	22		under that chapter. The comptroller shall determine the
30	23		incremental increase in receipts attributable to the games or event
31	24		and related activities under that chapter based on the amount of
32	25		applicable taxes imposed by each municipality or county that
33	26		comprises the venue district and not on the amount of taxes imposed
34	27		by the venue district.
35	28		(c) A venue district acting as an endorsing municipality or
36	29		endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
37	30		Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
38	31		Statutes), may guarantee the district's obligations under a games
39	32		or event support contract by pledging surcharges from user fees,
40	33		including parking or ticket fees, charged in connection with the
41	34		games or event and related activities.
42	35		(d) Subject to Subsection (b), a venue district acting as an
43	36		endorsing municipality or endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts
44	37		of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
45	38		Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as authorized by this section, has
46	39		all the powers of an endorsing municipality or endorsing county
47	40		under that chapter, and any action an endorsing municipality or
48	41		endorsing county is required to take by ordinance or order under
49	42		that chapter may be taken by order or resolution of the venue
50	43		district.
51	44		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
52	45		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
53	46		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
54	47		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
55	48		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	49	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	50	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	51	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3402 was passed by the House on May
	52	+	12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 21, 2 present, not
	53	+	voting.
	54	+	______________________________
	55	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	56	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3402 was passed by the Senate on May
	57	+	24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 5.
	58	+	______________________________
	59	+	Secretary of the Senate
	60	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	61	+	Date
	62	+	_____________________
	63	+	Governor