86R31463 BEE-F
By: Nelson S.B. No. 2182
(Parker)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 2182: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under 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 AAA Texas
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Fall Nationals, the Academy of
Country Music Awards, the National Cutting Horse Association Triple
Crown, 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 as of September 1, 2019. 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), the
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), 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 Republican National Committee or the
Democratic National Committee;
(F) the Ultimate Fighting Championship; or
(G) the Commission on Presidential Debates.
SECTION 2. Section 5A(a-2), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts
of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
(a-2) Subsection (a-1)(1) of this section does not apply to
an event that is 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 as of September 1, 2019. If an endorsing municipality
or endorsing county requests the department to make a determination
under Subsection (b) of this section for an event described by this
subsection, the provisions of this section apply to that event as if
it satisfied the eligibility requirements for an event under
Subsection (a-1)(1) of this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.