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1		-	85R12370 DMS-F
2		-	By: Parker H.B. No. 3294
	1	+	H.B. No. 3294
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7		-	relating to the eligibility of certain NASCAR events to receive
8		-	funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
	5	+	relating to the eligibility of events, including certain NASCAR
	6	+	events, to receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement
	7	+	Program.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 5A(a)(4), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts
11	10		of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
12	11		Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
13	12		(4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate
14	13		Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National
15	14		Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National
16	15		Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star
17	16		Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl
18	17		Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate
19	18		Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
20	19		postseason playoff or championship game, the National Collegiate
21	20		Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a
22	21		World Cup Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major
23	22		League Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the
24	23		Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an
25	24		Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, the United States Open
26	25		Championship, the World Games, a national collegiate championship
27	26		of an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the
28	27		sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, an
29	28		Olympic activity, including a Junior or Senior activity, training
30	29		program, or feeder program sanctioned by the United States Olympic
31	30		Committee's Community Olympic Development Program, the Amateur
32	31		Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, a mixed martial arts
33	32		championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One
34	33		automobile race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, the
35	34		National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) All-Star
36	35		Race, the season-ending Championship Race for the National
37	36		Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Academy of
38	37		Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple
39	38		Crown, a national political convention of the Republican National
40	39		Committee or the Democratic National Committee, a presidential
41	40		general election debate, or the largest event held each year at a
42	41		sports entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating
43	42		capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not less
44	43		than 125,000. The term includes any activities related to or
45	44		associated with an event.
46		-	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	45	+	SECTION 2. Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the
	46	+	76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
	47	+	Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection (a-1) and
	48	+	adding Subsection (a-4) to read as follows:
	49	+	(a-1) An event not listed in Subsection (a)(4) of this
	50	+	section is ineligible for funding under this section. A listed
	51	+	event may receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement
	52	+	Program under this section only if:
	53	+	(1) a site selection organization selects a site
	54	+	located in this state for the event to be held one time or, for an
	55	+	event scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an
	56	+	event contract, or an event support contract, one time each year for
	57	+	the period of years, after considering, through a highly
	58	+	competitive selection process, one or more sites that are not
	59	+	located in this state;
	60	+	(2) a site selection organization selects a site in
	61	+	this state as:
	62	+	(A) the sole site for the event; or
	63	+	(B) the sole site for the event in a region
	64	+	composed of this state and one or more adjoining states;
	65	+	(3) the event is held not more than one time in any
	66	+	year; [and]
	67	+	(4) the amount of the incremental increase in tax
	68	+	receipts determined by the department under Subsection (b) of this
	69	+	section equals or exceeds $1 million, provided that for an event
	70	+	scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an event
	71	+	contract or event support contract, the incremental increase in tax
	72	+	receipts shall be calculated as if the event did not occur in the
	73	+	prior year; and
	74	+	(5) not later than the 30th day before the first day of
	75	+	the event, a site selection organization submits a plan to prevent
	76	+	the trafficking of persons in connection with the event to the
	77	+	office of the attorney general and the chief of the Texas Division
	78	+	of Emergency Management.
	79	+	(a-4) The office of the attorney general may:
	80	+	(1) distribute the plan required under Subsection
	81	+	(a-1)(5) of this section to appropriate law enforcement agencies
	82	+	and to the office of the governor; and
	83	+	(2) publish the plan on the office's Internet website.
	84	+	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
47	85		to a request submitted by a local organizing committee, endorsing
48	86		municipality, or endorsing county under Section 5A, Chapter 1507
49	87		(S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999
50	88		(Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), on or after the
51	89		effective date of this Act. A request submitted under Section 5A
52	90		before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
53	91		request is submitted, and that law is continued in effect for that
54	92		purpose.
55		-	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	93	+	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
56	94		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
57	95		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
58	96		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
59	97		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	98	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	99	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	100	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3294 was passed by the House on May 8,
	101	+	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 21, 1 present, not
	102	+	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	103	+	No. 3294 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 22,
	104	+	1 present, not voting.
	105	+	______________________________
	106	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	107	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3294 was passed by the Senate, with
	108	+	amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays
	109	+	11.
	110	+	______________________________
	111	+	Secretary of the Senate
	112	+	APPROVED: __________________
	113	+	Date
	114	+	__________________
	115	+	Governor