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| 1 | - | By: King of Hemphill, Guillen, Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 3023 | |
| 2 | - | (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) | |
| 3 | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2021; | |
| 4 | - | May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural | |
| 5 | - | Resources & Economic Development; May 22, 2021, reported | |
| 6 | - | adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following | |
| 7 | - | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.) | |
| 8 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 9 | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3023 By: Birdwell | |
| 1 | + | By: King of Hemphill, Guillen, H.B. No. 3023 | |
| 2 | + | Morales of Maverick | |
| 10 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 4 | ||
| 12 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 13 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 14 | 7 | relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the | |
| 15 | 8 | Major Events Reimbursement Program. | |
| 16 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 17 | 10 | SECTION 1. Sections 478.0001(3) and (7), Government Code, | |
| 18 | 11 | as effective April 1, 2021, are amended to read as follows: | |
| 19 | 12 | (3) "Event" means any of the following and includes | |
| 20 | 13 | any activity related to or associated with the following: | |
| 21 | 14 | (A) the Academy of Country Music Awards; | |
| 22 | 15 | (B) the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic | |
| 23 | 16 | Games; | |
| 24 | 17 | (C) the Breeders' Cup World Championships; | |
| 25 | 18 | (D) a game of the College Football Playoff or its | |
| 26 | 19 | successor; | |
| 27 | 20 | (E) an Elite Rodeo Association World | |
| 28 | 21 | Championship; | |
| 29 | 22 | (F) the [a] Formula One United States Grand Prix | |
| 30 | 23 | [automobile race]; | |
| 31 | - | (G) the largest event held each year at a sports | |
| 24 | + | (G) the Ladies Professional Golf Association | |
| 25 | + | (LPGA) Championship tournament; | |
| 26 | + | (H) the largest event held each year at a sports | |
| 32 | 27 | entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating | |
| 33 | 28 | capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of at least | |
| 34 | 29 | 125,000; | |
| 35 | - | (H) the Major League Baseball All-Star Game; | |
| 36 | - | (I) the Major League Soccer All-Star Game or the | |
| 37 | - | Major League Soccer Cup; | |
| 38 | - | (J) a mixed martial arts championship; | |
| 39 | - | (K) the Moto Grand Prix of the United States; | |
| 40 | - | (L) the National Association for Stock Car Auto | |
| 41 | - | Racing (NASCAR): | |
| 30 | + | (I) [(H)] the Major League Baseball All-Star | |
| 31 | + | Game; | |
| 32 | + | (J) [(I)] the Major League Soccer All-Star Game | |
| 33 | + | or the Major League Soccer Cup; | |
| 34 | + | (K) [(J)] a mixed martial arts championship; | |
| 35 | + | (L) [(K)] the Moto Grand Prix of the United | |
| 36 | + | States; | |
| 37 | + | (M) [(L)] the National Association for Stock Car | |
| 38 | + | Auto Racing (NASCAR): | |
| 42 | 39 | (i) All-Star Race; or | |
| 43 | 40 | (ii) season-ending Championship Race; | |
| 44 | - | (M) the National Basketball Association All-Star | |
| 41 | + | (N) [(M)] the National Basketball Association | |
| 42 | + | All-Star Game; | |
| 43 | + | (O) [(N)] a National Collegiate Athletic | |
| 44 | + | Association Final Four tournament game; | |
| 45 | + | (P) [(O)] the National Collegiate Athletic | |
| 46 | + | Association men's or women's lacrosse championships; | |
| 47 | + | (Q) [(P)] a national collegiate championship of | |
| 48 | + | an amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the | |
| 49 | + | sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee; | |
| 50 | + | (R) [(Q)] the National Cutting Horse Association | |
| 51 | + | Triple Crown; | |
| 52 | + | (S) [(R)] the National Hockey League All-Star | |
| 45 | 53 | Game; | |
| 46 | - | (N) a National Collegiate Athletic Association | |
| 47 | - | Final Four tournament game; | |
| 48 | - | (O) the National Collegiate Athletic Association | |
| 49 | - | men's or women's lacrosse championships; | |
| 50 | - | (P) a national collegiate championship of an | |
| 51 | - | amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the | |
| 52 | - | sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee; | |
| 53 | - | (Q) the National Cutting Horse Association | |
| 54 | - | Triple Crown; | |
| 55 | - | (R) the National Hockey League All-Star Game; | |
| 56 | - | (S) the National Hot Rod Association Fall | |
| 54 | + | (S-1) the National Hot Rod Association Fall | |
| 57 | 55 | Nationals at the Texas Motorplex; | |
| 58 | 56 | (T) [(S)] a national political convention of the | |
| 59 | 57 | Republican National Committee or the Democratic National | |
| 60 | 58 | Committee; | |
| 61 | 59 | (U) [(T)] an Olympic activity, including a | |
| 62 | 60 | Junior or Senior activity, training program, or feeder program | |
| 63 | 61 | sanctioned by the United States Olympic Committee's Community | |
| 64 | 62 | Olympic Development Program; | |
| 65 | 63 | (V) [(U)] a presidential general election | |
| 66 | 64 | debate; | |
| 67 | 65 | (W) the Professional Bull Riders World Finals; | |
| 68 | 66 | (X) the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) | |
| 69 | 67 | Championship; | |
| 70 | 68 | (Y) [(V)] the Professional Rodeo Cowboys | |
| 71 | 69 | Association National Finals Rodeo; | |
| 72 | 70 | (Z) the Ryder Cup; | |
| 73 | 71 | (AA) the Senior Professional Golfers' | |
| 74 | 72 | Association (PGA) Championship; | |
| 75 | - | (BB) | |
| 76 | - | | |
| 77 | - | ( | |
| 78 | - | ||
| 73 | + | (BB) the South by Southwest Conference and | |
| 74 | + | Festivals; | |
| 75 | + | (CC) [(W)] a Super Bowl; | |
| 76 | + | (DD) [(X)] the United States Open Championship; | |
| 79 | 77 | (EE) [(Y)] a World Cup soccer game or the World | |
| 80 | 78 | Cup soccer tournament; | |
| 81 | 79 | (FF) [(Z)] the World Games; or | |
| 82 | 80 | (GG) [(AA)] the X Games. | |
| 83 | 81 | (7) "Site selection organization" means: | |
| 84 | 82 | (A) the Academy of Country Music; | |
| 85 | 83 | (B) the Amateur Athletic Union; | |
| 86 | 84 | (C) the College Football Playoff Administration, | |
| 87 | 85 | LLC, or its successor; | |
| 88 | 86 | (D) the Commission on Presidential Debates; | |
| 89 | 87 | (E) the Democratic National Committee; | |
| 90 | 88 | (F) Dorna Sports; | |
| 91 | 89 | (G) the Elite Rodeo Association; | |
| 92 | 90 | (H) ESPN or an affiliate; | |
| 93 | 91 | (I) the Federation Internationale de Football | |
| 94 | 92 | Association (FIFA); | |
| 95 | 93 | (J) the International World Games Association; | |
| 96 | - | (K) Major League Baseball; | |
| 97 | - | (L) Major League Soccer; | |
| 98 | - | (M) the National Association for Stock Car Auto | |
| 99 | - | Racing (NASCAR); | |
| 100 | - | (N) the National Basketball Association; | |
| 101 | - | (O) the National Collegiate Athletic | |
| 94 | + | (K) the Ladies Professional Golf Association | |
| 95 | + | (LPGA); | |
| 96 | + | (L) Major League Baseball; | |
| 97 | + | (M) [(L)] Major League Soccer; | |
| 98 | + | (N) [(M)] the National Association for Stock Car | |
| 99 | + | Auto Racing (NASCAR); | |
| 100 | + | (O) [(N)] the National Basketball Association; | |
| 101 | + | (P) [(O)] the National Collegiate Athletic | |
| 102 | 102 | Association; | |
| 103 | - | (P) the National Cutting Horse Association; | |
| 104 | - | (Q) the National Football League; | |
| 105 | - | (R) the National Hockey League; | |
| 106 | - | (S) the National Hot Rod Association; | |
| 103 | + | (Q) [(P)] the National Cutting Horse | |
| 104 | + | Association; | |
| 105 | + | (R) [(Q)] the National Football League; | |
| 106 | + | (S) [(R)] the National Hockey League; | |
| 107 | + | (S-1) the National Hot Rod Association; | |
| 107 | 108 | (T) Professional Bull Riders, LLC; | |
| 108 | 109 | (U) the Professional Golfers' Association of | |
| 109 | - | America (PGA) | |
| 110 | + | America (PGA); | |
| 110 | 111 | (V) [(S)] the Professional Rodeo Cowboys | |
| 111 | 112 | Association; | |
| 112 | 113 | (W) [(T)] the Republican National Committee; | |
| 114 | + | (W-1) South by Southwest; | |
| 113 | 115 | (X) [(U)] the Ultimate Fighting Championship; | |
| 114 | 116 | (Y) [(V)] the United States Golf Association; | |
| 115 | 117 | (Z) [(W)] the United States Olympic Committee; | |
| 116 | 118 | or | |
| 117 | 119 | (AA) [(X)] the national governing body of a sport | |
| 118 | 120 | that is recognized by: | |
| 119 | 121 | (i) the Federation Internationale de | |
| 120 | 122 | l'Automobile; | |
| 121 | 123 | (ii) Formula One Management Limited; | |
| 122 | 124 | (iii) the National Thoroughbred Racing | |
| 123 | 125 | Association; or | |
| 124 | 126 | (iv) the United States Olympic Committee. | |
| 125 | - | SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | |
| 127 | + | SECTION 2. Section 478.0053, Government Code, is amended to | |
| 128 | + | read as follows: | |
| 129 | + | Sec. 478.0053. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY | |
| 130 | + | REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EVENTS [LARGE VENUES]. Section | |
| 131 | + | 478.0051(b)(1) does not apply to an event described by Section | |
| 132 | + | 478.0001(3)(H) or (BB) [478.0001(3)(G)]. If an endorsing | |
| 133 | + | municipality or endorsing county requests the office to make a | |
| 134 | + | determination under Section 478.0102 for an event described by | |
| 135 | + | Section 478.0001(3)(H) or (BB) [478.0001(3)(G)], the remaining | |
| 136 | + | provisions of this chapter apply to that event as if the event | |
| 137 | + | satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section | |
| 138 | + | 478.0051(b)(1). | |
| 139 | + | SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | |
| 126 | 140 | over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, | |
| 127 | 141 | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | |
| 128 | 142 | codes. | |
| 129 | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
| 130 | - | * * * * * | |
| 143 | + | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |