By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1265
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources &
Economic Development; April 21, 2021, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of the National Hot Rod Association
Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex for funding under the Major
Events Reimbursement Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 478.0001(3) and (7), Government Code,
as effective April 1, 2021, are amended to read as follows:
(3) "Event" means any of the following and includes
any activity related to or associated with the following:
(A) the Academy of Country Music Awards;
(B) the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic
Games;
(C) the Breeders' Cup World Championships;
(D) a game of the College Football Playoff or its
successor;
(E) an Elite Rodeo Association World
Championship;
(F) a Formula One automobile race;
(G) 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 at least
125,000;
(H) the Major League Baseball All-Star Game;
(I) the Major League Soccer All-Star Game or the
Major League Soccer Cup;
(J) a mixed martial arts championship;
(K) the Moto Grand Prix of the United States;
(L) the National Association for Stock Car Auto
Racing (NASCAR):
(i) All-Star Race; or
(ii) season-ending Championship Race;
(M) the National Basketball Association All-Star
Game;
(N) a National Collegiate Athletic Association
Final Four tournament game;
(O) the National Collegiate Athletic Association
men's or women's lacrosse championships;
(P) 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;
(Q) the National Cutting Horse Association
Triple Crown;
(R) the National Hockey League All-Star Game;
(S) the National Hot Rod Association Fall
Nationals at the Texas Motorplex;
(T) a national political convention of the
Republican National Committee or the Democratic National
Committee;
(U) [(T)] 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;
(V) [(U)] a presidential general election
debate;
(W) [(V)] the Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association National Finals Rodeo;
(X) [(W)] a Super Bowl;
(Y) [(X)] the United States Open Championship;
(Z) [(Y)] a World Cup soccer game or the World
Cup soccer tournament;
(AA) [(Z)] the World Games; or
(BB) [(AA)] the X Games.
(7) "Site selection organization" means:
(A) the Academy of Country Music;
(B) the Amateur Athletic Union;
(C) the College Football Playoff Administration,
LLC, or its successor;
(D) the Commission on Presidential Debates;
(E) the Democratic National Committee;
(F) Dorna Sports;
(G) the Elite Rodeo Association;
(H) ESPN or an affiliate;
(I) the Federation Internationale de Football
Association (FIFA);
(J) the International World Games Association;
(K) Major League Baseball;
(L) Major League Soccer;
(M) the National Association for Stock Car Auto
Racing (NASCAR);
(N) the National Basketball Association;
(O) the National Collegiate Athletic
Association;
(P) the National Cutting Horse Association;
(Q) the National Football League;
(R) the National Hockey League;
(S) the National Hot Rod Association;
(T) the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association;
(U) [(T)] the Republican National Committee;
(V) [(U)] the Ultimate Fighting Championship;
(W) [(V)] the United States Golf Association;
(X) [(W)] the United States Olympic Committee;
or
(Y) [(X)] the national governing body of a sport
that is recognized by:
(i) the Federation Internationale de
l'Automobile;
(ii) Formula One Management Limited;
(iii) the National Thoroughbred Racing
Association; or
(iv) the United States Olympic Committee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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