| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the |
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| 6 | 8 | | Major Events Reimbursement Program. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 478.0001(3), Government Code, as |
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| 9 | 11 | | effective April 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | (3) "Event" means any of the following and includes |
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| 11 | 13 | | any activity related to or associated with the following: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (A) the Academy of Country Music Awards; |
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| 13 | 15 | | (B) the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic |
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| 14 | 16 | | Games; |
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| 15 | 17 | | (C) the Breeders' Cup World Championships; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (D) a game of the College Football Playoff or its |
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| 17 | 19 | | successor; |
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| 18 | 20 | | (E) an Elite Rodeo Association World |
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| 19 | 21 | | Championship; |
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| 20 | 22 | | (F) a Formula One automobile race; |
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| 21 | 23 | | (G) the largest event held each year at a sports |
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| 22 | 24 | | entertainment venue in this state with a permanent seating |
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| 23 | 25 | | capacity, including grandstand and premium seating, of at least |
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| 24 | 26 | | 125,000 on September 1, 2021; |
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| 25 | 27 | | (H) the Major League Baseball All-Star Game; |
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| 26 | 28 | | (I) the Major League Soccer All-Star Game or the |
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| 27 | 29 | | Major League Soccer Cup; |
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| 28 | 30 | | (J) a mixed martial arts championship; |
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| 29 | 31 | | (K) the Moto Grand Prix of the United States; |
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| 30 | 32 | | (L) the National Association for Stock Car Auto |
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| 31 | 33 | | Racing (NASCAR): |
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| 32 | 34 | | (i) All-Star Race; [or] |
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| 33 | 35 | | (ii) season-ending Championship Race; or |
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| 34 | 36 | | (iii) Texas Grand Prix race; |
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| 35 | 37 | | (M) the National Basketball Association All-Star |
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| 36 | 38 | | Game; |
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| 37 | 39 | | (N) a National Collegiate Athletic Association |
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| 38 | 40 | | Final Four tournament game; |
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| 39 | 41 | | (O) the National Collegiate Athletic Association |
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| 40 | 42 | | men's or women's lacrosse championships; |
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| 41 | 43 | | (P) a national collegiate championship of an |
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| 42 | 44 | | amateur sport sanctioned by the national governing body of the |
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| 43 | 45 | | sport that is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee; |
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| 44 | 46 | | (Q) the National Cutting Horse Association |
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| 45 | 47 | | Triple Crown; |
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| 46 | 48 | | (R) the National Hockey League All-Star Game; |
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| 47 | 49 | | (S) a national political convention of the |
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| 48 | 50 | | Republican National Committee or the Democratic National |
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| 49 | 51 | | Committee; |
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| 50 | 52 | | (T) an Olympic activity, including a Junior or |
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| 51 | 53 | | Senior activity, training program, or feeder program sanctioned by |
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| 52 | 54 | | the United States Olympic Committee's Community Olympic |
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| 53 | 55 | | Development Program; |
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| 54 | 56 | | (U) a presidential general election debate; |
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| 55 | 57 | | (V) the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association |
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| 56 | 58 | | National Finals Rodeo; |
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| 57 | 59 | | (W) a Super Bowl; |
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| 58 | 60 | | (X) the United States Open Championship; |
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| 59 | 61 | | (Y) a World Cup soccer game or the World Cup |
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| 60 | 62 | | soccer tournament; |
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| 61 | 63 | | (Z) the World Games; or |
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| 62 | 64 | | (AA) the X Games. |
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| 63 | 65 | | SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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| 64 | 66 | | over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, |
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| 65 | 67 | | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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| 66 | 68 | | codes. |
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| 67 | 69 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 68 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 69 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 70 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1155 passed the Senate on |
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| 71 | | - | April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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| 72 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 73 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 74 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1155 passed the House on |
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| 75 | | - | May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 32, two |
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| 76 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 77 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 78 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 79 | | - | Approved: |
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| 80 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 81 | | - | Date |
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| 82 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 83 | | - | Governor |
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