By: Smith (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 3402
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2015;
May 14, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources and Economic Development; May 22, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; May 22, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a venue district to act as an endorsing
municipality or endorsing county for purposes of games or event
trust funds; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 335, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 335.078 to read as follows:
Sec. 335.078. VENUE DISTRICT AS ENDORSING MUNICIPALITY OR
COUNTY. (a) A venue district located in a county with a population
of 3.3 million or more may act as an endorsing municipality or
endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes).
(b) A venue district acting as an endorsing municipality or
endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes), shall remit for deposit into the trust fund established
for the games or event the amounts determined by the comptroller
under that chapter. The comptroller shall determine the
incremental increase in receipts attributable to the games or event
and related activities under that chapter based on the amount of
applicable taxes imposed by each municipality or county that
comprises the venue district and not on the amount of taxes imposed
by the venue district.
(c) A venue district acting as an endorsing municipality or
endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes), may guarantee the district's obligations under a games
or event support contract by pledging surcharges from user fees,
including parking or ticket fees, charged in connection with the
games or event and related activities.
(d) Subject to Subsection (b), a venue district acting as an
endorsing municipality or endorsing county under Chapter 1507, Acts
of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as authorized by this section, has
all the powers of an endorsing municipality or endorsing county
under that chapter, and any action an endorsing municipality or
endorsing county is required to take by ordinance or order under
that chapter may be taken by order or resolution of the venue
district.
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, 2015.
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