86R22169 BEE-D
By: Geren, Goldman, Krause H.B. No. 2402
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain events to receive funding
through the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B.
456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article
5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
follows:
(4) "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate
Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National
Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National
Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star
Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl
Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate
Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
postseason playoff or championship game, the National Collegiate
Athletic Association men's or women's lacrosse championships, a
World Cup Soccer game, the World Cup soccer tournament, the Major
League Soccer All-Star Game, the Major League Soccer Cup, the
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association National Finals Rodeo, an
Elite Rodeo Association World Championship, the United States Open
Championship, the World Games, a national collegiate championship
of an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the
sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, an
Olympic activity, including a Junior or Senior activity, training
program, or feeder program sanctioned by the United States Olympic
Committee's Community Olympic Development Program, the Amateur
Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games, a mixed martial arts
championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula One
automobile race, the Moto Grand Prix of the United States, the
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) All-Star
Race, the season-ending Championship Race for the National
Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the Academy of
Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple
Crown, a championship event in the National Reined Cow Horse
Association (NRCHA) Championship Series, a CONVRG conference, a
national political convention of the Republican National Committee
or the Democratic National Committee, a presidential general
election debate, or the largest event held each year at a sports
entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating
capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of not less
than 125,000. The term includes any activities related to or
associated with an event.
(5) "Site selection organization" means:
(A) the National Football League, the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball
Association, ESPN or an affiliate, the National Hockey League,
Major League Baseball, the Federation Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA), the International World Games Association, the
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), Dorna
Sports, the Amateur Athletic Union, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association, the Elite Rodeo Association, Major League Soccer, the
United States Golf Association, or the United States Olympic
Committee;
(B) the national governing body of a sport that
is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National
Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited,
or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile;
(C) the Academy of Country Music;
(D) the National Cutting Horse Association;
(E) the National Reined Cow Horse Association
(NRCHA);
(F) Encore Live;
(G) the Republican National Committee or the
Democratic National Committee;
(H) [(F)] the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or
(I) [(G)] the Commission on Presidential
Debates.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.