| 1 | 1 | | By: Watson S.B. No. 2000 |
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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 the Major Events Reimbursement Program. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 5A(a)(4), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts |
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| 9 | 9 | | of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate |
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| 12 | 12 | | Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National |
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| 13 | 13 | | Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National |
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| 14 | 14 | | Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star |
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| 15 | 15 | | Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl |
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| 16 | 16 | | Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate |
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| 17 | 17 | | Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
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| 18 | 18 | | postseason playoff or championship game, the National Collegiate |
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| 19 | 19 | | Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a |
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| 20 | 20 | | World Cup Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major |
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| 21 | 21 | | League Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an |
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| 23 | 23 | | Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, the United States Open |
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| 24 | 24 | | Championship, the World Games, a national collegiate championship |
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| 25 | 25 | | of an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, an |
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| 27 | 27 | | Olympic activity, including a Junior or Senior activity, training |
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| 28 | 28 | | program, or feeder program sanctioned by the United States Olympic |
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| 29 | 29 | | Committee's Community Olympic Development Program, the Amateur |
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| 30 | 30 | | Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, a mixed martial arts |
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| 31 | 31 | | championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One |
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| 32 | 32 | | automobile race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, an FIA |
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| 33 | 33 | | Formula E automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the |
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| 34 | 34 | | National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, a national |
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| 35 | 35 | | political convention of the Republican National Committee or the |
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| 36 | 36 | | Democratic National Committee, a presidential general election |
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| 37 | 37 | | debate, or the largest event held each year at a sports |
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| 38 | 38 | | entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating |
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| 39 | 39 | | capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not less |
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| 40 | 40 | | than 125,000. The term includes any activities related to or |
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| 41 | 41 | | associated with an event. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 43 | 43 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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