By: Kuempel, Gutierrez (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.J.R. No. 100
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment on professional sports team
charitable foundations conducting charitable raffles.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 47(d-1), Article III, Texas
Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
(d-1) The legislature by general law may permit a
professional sports team charitable foundation to conduct
charitable raffles under the terms and conditions imposed by
general law. The law may authorize the charitable foundation to pay
with the raffle proceeds reasonable advertising, promotional, and
administrative expenses. A law enacted under this subsection
applies [may apply] only to an entity [that is] defined as a
professional sports team charitable foundation under that law [on
January 1, 2016,] and may only allow charitable raffles to be
conducted at games hosted at the home venue of the professional
sports team associated with a professional sports team charitable
foundation. In this subsection, "professional sports team" means:
(1) a team organized in this state that is a member of
Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the
National Hockey League, the National Football League, Major League
Soccer, the American Hockey League, the East Coast Hockey League,
the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Minor League Baseball,
the National Basketball Association Development League, the
National Women's Soccer League, the Major Arena Soccer League, the
United Soccer League, or the Women's National Basketball
Association;
(2) a person hosting a motorsports racing team event
sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
(NASCAR), INDYCar, or another nationally recognized motorsports
racing association at a venue in this state with a permanent seating
capacity of not less than 75,000;
(3) an organization hosting a Professional Golf
Association event; or
(4) any other professional sports team defined by law.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment on professional sports
team charitable foundations conducting charitable raffles."
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