H.B. No. 2402
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, a Big 12 Football
Conference 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, a World Wrestling Entertainment WrestleMania event,
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 Big 12 Conference, 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;
(I) World Wrestling Entertainment; or
(J) [(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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2402 was passed by the House on May 2,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 27, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 2402 on May 20, 2019, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 2402 on May 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 122,
Nays 18, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2402 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
5; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
2402 on May 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor