By: Geren H.B. No. 3308
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to charitable raffles conducted by the professional sports
team charitable foundations of rodeo organizations sanctioned by
certain professional associations or hosting a Professional Rodeo
Event at rodeo venues.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2004.002(2) and (6), Occupations Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(2) "Professional sports team" means:
(A) a team organized in this state that is a
member of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball
Association, the National Hockey League, the National Football
League, Major League Soccer, the American Hockey League, the East
Coast Hockey League, the American Association of Independent
Professional Baseball, the Atlantic League of Professional
Baseball, Minor League Baseball, the National Basketball
Association Development League, the National Women's Soccer
League, the Major Arena Soccer League, the United Soccer League, or
the Women's National Basketball Association;
(B) a person hosting a motorsports racing team
event sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto
Racing (NASCAR), INDYCar, or another nationally recognized
motorsports racing association at a venue in this state with a
permanent seating capacity of not less than 75,000;
(C) an organization hosting a Professional Golf
Association event; or
(D) an organization hosting a Professional Rodeo
Event or sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
or the Women's Professional Rodeo Association.
(6) "Rodeo venue" means a facility in this state owned
or operated by and operated as the home venue of an organization
sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the
Women's Professional Rodeo Association or an organization hosting a
Professional Rodeo Event at which rodeos are conducted by that
organization.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.