| 1 | 1 | | 84R3301 DDT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Parker H.B. No. 902 |
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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 a clarification of the law governing eligibility of |
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| 8 | 8 | | National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing events for funding |
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| 9 | 9 | | under the Major Events trust fund. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 5A(a)(5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts |
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| 12 | 12 | | of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (5) "Site selection organization" means: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (A) the National Football League, the National |
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| 16 | 16 | | Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball |
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| 17 | 17 | | Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the |
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| 19 | 19 | | International World Games Association, the National Association |
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| 20 | 20 | | for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), or the United States Olympic |
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| 21 | 21 | | Committee; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) the national governing body of a sport that |
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| 23 | 23 | | is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National |
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| 24 | 24 | | Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited, |
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| 25 | 25 | | or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (C) the Academy of Country Music; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (D) the National Cutting Horse Association; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (E) the Republican National Committee or the |
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| 29 | 29 | | Democratic National Committee. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. The amendment made by this Act to Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 5A(a)(5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil |
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| 33 | 33 | | Statutes), is intended only to clarify existing law on the |
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| 34 | 34 | | eligibility of certain events to receive funding from the Major |
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| 35 | 35 | | Events trust fund. Each event held on or after the effective date |
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| 36 | 36 | | of that Act and the event's eligibility to receive funding from the |
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| 37 | 37 | | Major Events trust fund are governed by the law as clarified by this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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