86R31103 BEE-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 1270
(Collier)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1270: No.
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 world-renowned exhibition or festival chronicling the life
of Nelson Mandela that is recognized by the International World
Exhibition & Festival Organization, 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 International World Exhibition &
Festival Organization;
(F) [(E)] the Republican National Committee or
the Democratic National Committee;
(G) [(F)] the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or
(H) [(G)] the Commission on Presidential
Debates.
SECTION 2. Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the
76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection (a-1) and
adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows:
(a-1) An event not listed in Subsection (a)(4) of this
section is ineligible for funding under this section. A listed
event may receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement
Program under this section only if:
(1) a site selection organization selects a site
located in this state for the event to be held one time or, for an
event scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an
event contract, or an event support contract, one time each year for
the period of years, after considering, through a highly
competitive selection process, one or more sites that are not
located in this state;
(2) a site selection organization selects a site in
this state as:
(A) the sole site for the event; or
(B) the sole site for the event in a region
composed of this state and one or more adjoining states;
(3) the event is held not more than one time in any
year;
(4) the amount of the incremental increase in tax
receipts determined by the department under Subsection (b) of this
section equals or exceeds $1 million, provided that for an event
scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an event
contract or event support contract, the incremental increase in tax
receipts shall be calculated as if the event did not occur in the
prior year; and
(5) not later than the 30th day before the first day of
the event, a site selection organization or the organization
hosting the event submits a plan to prevent the trafficking of
persons in connection with the event to the office of the attorney
general, the human trafficking prevention task force established
under Section 402.035, Government Code, and the chief of the Texas
Division of Emergency Management.
(a-5) If the department determines an event is ineligible to
receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program due
solely to a failure to timely submit a plan as required by
Subsection (a-1)(5) of this section, the event may receive funding
through the program if:
(1) the plan required by that subdivision is submitted
to the required entities not later than seven days before the event
begins and is implemented during the event; and
(2) all other requirements for funding under this
section, including those imposed by Subsections (d-1) and (w) of
this section, are satisfied not later than the 60th day after the
last day of the fiscal year in which the event occurs, provided
submission of the plan required by Subsection (a-1)(5) of this
section was not previously required under this section for that
event.
SECTION 3. Section 5A(a-1), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts
of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as amended by this Act, and Section
5A(a-5), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes), as added by this Act, apply to an event that occurs
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. 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.