Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3349 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 04/14/2025

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             April 14, 2025       TO: Honorable Will Metcalf, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB3349 by Tepper (Relating to the events trust fund and to abolishing the Pan American Games trust fund, Olympic Games trust fund, and motor sports racing trust fund.), As Introduced     Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3349, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($30,708,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill. General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact toGeneral Revenue Related Funds2026($15,075,000)2027($15,633,000)2028($16,352,000)2029($17,104,000)2030($17,857,000)All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 Probable Savings/(Cost) fromEvents Trust Fund for Certain Municipalities and Counties 08302026($15,075,000)$15,075,0002027($15,633,000)$15,633,0002028($16,352,000)$16,352,0002029($17,104,000)$17,104,0002030($17,857,000)$17,857,000 Fiscal AnalysisThe bill would amend the Government Code to add an exception relating to the Events Trust Fund and the size of an endorsing county or municipality. The bill would also amend the multiplier used to calculate the state contribution to the Events Trust Fund. For an event held in a county or municipality with a population 500,000 or less, the state share would increase from 6.25 to 12.25 multiplied by the amount of municipal and county tax revenue retained or remitted to the Events Trust Fund. For an event held in a county or municipality with a population of more than 500,000, the state share would remain 6.25.The bill would repeal sections of the Government Code relating to certain other trust funds and abolish the associated trust fund accounts: Chapter 476 relating to the Pan American Games Trust Fund account 0871, Chapter 477 relating to the Olympic Games Trust Fund account 0870, and Chapter 479 relating to the Major Sports Racing Trust Fund account 0839.

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 14, 2025



TO: Honorable Will Metcalf, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB3349 by Tepper (Relating to the events trust fund and to abolishing the Pan American Games trust fund, Olympic Games trust fund, and motor sports racing trust fund.), As Introduced

TO: Honorable Will Metcalf, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3349 by Tepper (Relating to the events trust fund and to abolishing the Pan American Games trust fund, Olympic Games trust fund, and motor sports racing trust fund.), As Introduced



Honorable Will Metcalf, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Honorable Will Metcalf, Chair, House Committee on Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

HB3349 by Tepper (Relating to the events trust fund and to abolishing the Pan American Games trust fund, Olympic Games trust fund, and motor sports racing trust fund.), As Introduced

HB3349 by Tepper (Relating to the events trust fund and to abolishing the Pan American Games trust fund, Olympic Games trust fund, and motor sports racing trust fund.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3349, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($30,708,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3349, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($30,708,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:


2026 ($15,075,000)
2027 ($15,633,000)
2028 ($16,352,000)
2029 ($17,104,000)
2030 ($17,857,000)



All Funds, Five-Year Impact:


2026 ($15,075,000) $15,075,000
2027 ($15,633,000) $15,633,000
2028 ($16,352,000) $16,352,000
2029 ($17,104,000) $17,104,000
2030 ($17,857,000) $17,857,000



Fiscal Analysis

The bill would amend the Government Code to add an exception relating to the Events Trust Fund and the size of an endorsing county or municipality. The bill would also amend the multiplier used to calculate the state contribution to the Events Trust Fund. For an event held in a county or municipality with a population 500,000 or less, the state share would increase from 6.25 to 12.25 multiplied by the amount of municipal and county tax revenue retained or remitted to the Events Trust Fund. For an event held in a county or municipality with a population of more than 500,000, the state share would remain 6.25.The bill would repeal sections of the Government Code relating to certain other trust funds and abolish the associated trust fund accounts: Chapter 476 relating to the Pan American Games Trust Fund account 0871, Chapter 477 relating to the Olympic Games Trust Fund account 0870, and Chapter 479 relating to the Major Sports Racing Trust Fund account 0839.

The bill would repeal sections of the Government Code relating to certain other trust funds and abolish the associated trust fund accounts: Chapter 476 relating to the Pan American Games Trust Fund account 0871, Chapter 477 relating to the Olympic Games Trust Fund account 0870, and Chapter 479 relating to the Major Sports Racing Trust Fund account 0839.

Methodology

According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the amounts deposited to the Events Trust Fund in fiscal year 2024 were multiplied by the ratio of applications for funding under Government Code Chapter 480 made by counties or municipalities with a population under 500,000, adjusted for the increase in the state contribution rate to the fund as described in the bill, and grown forward based on the projected growth in the general sales and use tax found in the 2026-27 Biennial Revenue Estimate.

Technology

No technology impact is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

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300 Trusteed Programs Within the Office of the Governor, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

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