| 1 | 1 | | By: Hall S.B. No. 1156 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to abolishing the Pan American Games trust fund, Olympic |
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| 7 | 7 | | Games trust fund, Major Events trust fund, Motor Sports Racing |
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| 8 | 8 | | trust fund, and 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. Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th |
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| 11 | 11 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's |
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| 12 | 12 | | Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed. |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. (a) On the effective date of this Act, each fund |
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| 14 | 14 | | established under Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th |
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| 15 | 15 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's |
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| 16 | 16 | | Texas Civil Statutes), is abolished. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The applicable provisions of Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), |
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| 18 | 18 | | Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article |
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| 19 | 19 | | 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as that chapter existed |
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| 20 | 20 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, including any |
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| 21 | 21 | | trust funds established under that chapter, remain in effect as |
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| 22 | 22 | | those provisions apply in relation to the particular games or |
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| 23 | 23 | | events described by this subsection until all money from the trust |
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| 24 | 24 | | funds for the particular games or events has been disbursed and all |
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| 25 | 25 | | obligations under those games support contracts or event support |
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| 26 | 26 | | contracts have been satisfied. This subsection applies only if, |
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| 27 | 27 | | before the effective date of this Act: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) pursuant to an application by a local organizing |
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| 29 | 29 | | committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, a site |
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| 30 | 30 | | selection organization selects a site in this state for a |
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| 31 | 31 | | particular event to which Chapter 1507 applies; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) one or more games support contracts or event |
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| 33 | 33 | | support contracts for the particular games or event have been |
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| 34 | 34 | | entered into. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. The repeal by this article of Chapter 1507 (S.B. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), does not apply to an |
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| 38 | 38 | | offense committed under Chapter 1507 before September 1, 2015. An |
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| 39 | 39 | | offense committed before September 1, 2015, is governed by that |
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| 40 | 40 | | chapter as it existed on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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| 41 | 41 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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| 42 | 42 | | this section, an offense was committed before September 1, 2015, if |
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| 43 | 43 | | any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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