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