Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR143 Compare Versions

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1		-	H.J.R. No. 143
	1	+	By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.J.R. No. 143
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021;
	3	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	4	+	Affairs; May 18, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 18, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4		-	A JOINT RESOLUTION
	9	+	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
5	10		proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the professional
6	11		sports team charitable foundations of organizations sanctioned by
7	12		certain professional associations to conduct charitable raffles at
8	13		rodeo venues.
9	14		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	15		SECTION 1. Section 47(d-1), Article III, Texas
11	16		Constitution, is amended to read as follows:
12	17		(d-1) The legislature by general law may permit a
13	18		professional sports team charitable foundation to conduct
14	19		charitable raffles under the terms and conditions imposed by
15	20		general law. The law may authorize the charitable foundation to pay
16	21		with the raffle proceeds reasonable advertising, promotional, and
17	22		administrative expenses. A law enacted under this subsection
18	23		applies only to an entity defined as a professional sports team
19	24		charitable foundation under that law and may only allow charitable
20	25		raffles to be conducted at games or rodeo events hosted at the home
21	26		venue of the professional sports team associated with a
22	27		professional sports team charitable foundation. In this
23	28		subsection, "professional sports team" means:
24	29		(1) a team organized in this state that is a member of
25	30		Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the
26	31		National Hockey League, the National Football League, Major League
27	32		Soccer, the American Hockey League, the East Coast Hockey League,
28	33		the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, the
29	34		Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Minor League Baseball,
30	35		the National Basketball Association Development League, the
31	36		National Women's Soccer League, the Major Arena Soccer League, the
32	37		United Soccer League, or the Women's National Basketball
33	38		Association;
34	39		(2) a person hosting a motorsports racing team event
35	40		sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
36	41		(NASCAR), INDYCar, or another nationally recognized motorsports
37	42		racing association at a venue in this state with a permanent seating
38	43		capacity of not less than 75,000;
39	44		(3) an organization hosting a Professional Golf
40	45		Association event; [or]
41	46		(4) an organization sanctioned by the Professional
42	47		Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Women's Professional Rodeo
43	48		Association; or
44	49		(5) any other professional sports team defined by law.
45	50		SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
46	51		submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021.
47	52		The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
48	53		proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the
49	54		professional sports team charitable foundations of organizations
50	55		sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the
51	56		Women's Professional Rodeo Association to conduct charitable
52	57		raffles at rodeo venues."
53		-	______________________________ ______________________________
54		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
55		-	I certify that H.J.R. No. 143 was passed by the House on May
56		-	3, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 17, 1 present, not
57		-	voting.
58		-	______________________________
59		-	Chief Clerk of the House
60		-	I certify that H.J.R. No. 143 was passed by the Senate on May
61		-	22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2.
62		-	______________________________
63		-	Secretary of the Senate
64		-	RECEIVED: _____________________
65		-	Date
66		-	_____________________
67		-	Secretary of State
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