Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3237 BEE-F
2	2	By: Tepper H.B. No. 3349
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the events trust fund and to abolishing the Pan American
10	10	Games trust fund, Olympic Games trust fund, and motor sports racing
11	11	trust fund.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Sections 475.0001(1), (2), (3), (4), and (10),
14	14	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
15	15	(1) "Endorsing county" means an endorsing county for
16	16	purposes of Chapter [477,] 478[, 479,] or 480.
17	17	(2) "Endorsing municipality" means an endorsing
18	18	municipality for purposes of Chapter [476, 477,] 478[, 479,] or
19	19	480.
20	20	(3) "Event" means a game or an event as defined by
21	21	Chapter 478[, 479,] or 480.
22	22	(4) "Games" means any of the following and includes
23	23	the events and activities related to the following:
24	24	(A) the College Football Playoff games;
25	25	(B) the Major League Baseball All-Star Game;
26	26	(C) the National Basketball Association All-Star
27	27	Game;
28	28	(D) the National Collegiate Athletic Association
29	29	Final Four;
30	30	(E) the National Hockey League All-Star Game;
31	31	(F) [the Olympic Games;
32	32	[(G) the Pan American Games;
33	33	[(H)] the Super Bowl;
34	34	(G) [(I)] the World Cup Soccer Games; or
35	35	(H) [(J)] the World Games.
36	36	(10) "Site selection organization" means a site
37	37	selection organization as defined by Chapters [477,] 478[,] and
38	38	480.
39	39	SECTION 2. Section 475.0051, Government Code, is amended to
40	40	read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 475.0051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This
42	42	subchapter does not apply to or otherwise affect an event support
43	43	contract under Chapter 478[, 479,] or 480 to which the office is not
44	44	a party.
45	45	SECTION 3. Section 475.0054, Government Code, is amended to
46	46	read as follows:
47	47	Sec. 475.0054. PREREQUISITE FOR EXECUTION OF GAMES SUPPORT
48	48	CONTRACT. The office may agree to execute a games support contract
49	49	only if:
50	50	(1) the office determines that[:
51	51	[(A)] this state's assurances and obligations
52	52	under the contract are reasonable; and
53	53	[(B) any financial commitment of this state will
54	54	be satisfied exclusively by recourse to the Pan American Games
55	55	trust fund or the Olympic Games trust fund, as applicable; and]
56	56	(2) the endorsing municipality or endorsing county has
57	57	executed an agreement with a site selection organization that
58	58	contains substantially similar terms.
59	59	SECTION 4. Section 475.0103(a), Government Code, is amended
60	60	to read as follows:
61	61	(a) A local organizing committee that submits a request
62	62	under Section 475.0052 must:
63	63	(1) affirm as a part of that request that the committee
64	64	is in full compliance with the ethical guidelines provided by all
65	65	contracts entered into and rules adopted by the site selection
66	66	organization, including the organization's requirements regarding
67	67	disclosure of any financial interest a director, officer, or
68	68	senior-level employee of the committee has in any proposed
69	69	transaction with the committee; and
70	70	(2) not later than the 15th day of the first month
71	71	following each calendar quarter, file with the secretary of the
72	72	endorsing municipality for which the committee submits a request:
73	73	(A) a certification that the committee continues
74	74	to comply with the ethical guidelines described by Subdivision (1);
75	75	and
76	76	(B) a report of contributions to and expenditures
77	77	by the committee, in the manner described by Subsection (b)[; and
78	78	[(3) file with the secretary of the endorsing
79	79	municipality on April 15 of each year a copy of each financial
80	80	statement a committee or a member of a committee is required to
81	81	submit to the United States Olympic Committee during the preceding
82	82	calendar year].
83	83	SECTION 5. Section 480.0051, Government Code, is amended to
84	84	read as follows:
85	85	Sec. 480.0051. EVENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. (a) Except as
86	86	provided by Subsection (b), an [An] event is eligible for funding
87	87	under this chapter only if:
88	88	(1) a site selection organization, after considering
89	89	through a highly competitive selection process one or more sites
90	90	not in this state, selects a site in this state for the event to be
91	91	held:
92	92	(A) one time; or
93	93	(B) if the event is scheduled under an event
94	94	contract or event support contract to be held each year for a period
95	95	of years, one time in each year;
96	96	(2) a site selection organization selects a site in
97	97	this state as:
98	98	(A) the sole site for the event; or
99	99	(B) the sole site for the event in a region
100	100	composed of this state and one or more adjoining states; and
101	101	(3) the event is held not more than one time in any
102	102	year in this state or an adjoining state.
103	103	(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), a site selection
104	104	committee for an event to be held primarily in a county or
105	105	municipality with a population of less than 500,000 is not required
106	106	to consider a site outside of this state if the estimated attendance
107	107	at the event is a number equal to at least 25 percent of the
108	108	applicable county's or municipality's population.
109	109	SECTION 6. Section 480.00515, Government Code, is amended
110	110	to read as follows:
111	111	Sec. 480.00515. SINGLE YEAR CLASSIFICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY
112	112	PURPOSES FOR CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS. For purposes of Sections
113	113	480.0051(a)(1) [480.0051(1)] and (3), a sporting event is
114	114	considered to be held one time in each year if the event is held only
115	115	one time in any annual season for that sport.
116	116	SECTION 7. Section 480.0052(b), Government Code, is amended
117	117	to read as follows:
118	118	(b) An [Subject to Subsection (c), an] endorsing
119	119	municipality or endorsing county with a population of more than
120	120	500,000 may during any 12-month period receive [submit requests
121	121	for] funding under this chapter for not more than 10 events to which
122	122	this section applies.
123	123	SECTION 8. Subchapter B, Chapter 480, Government Code, is
124	124	amended by adding Section 480.0053 to read as follows:
125	125	Sec. 480.0053. TIME FOR REQUEST SUBMISSION. A municipality
126	126	or county must submit a request to the office not later than the
127	127	90th day before the date the event begins.
128	128	SECTION 9. Section 480.0103, Government Code, is amended to
129	129	read as follows:
130	130	Sec. 480.0103. TIME FOR DETERMINATION. The office shall
131	131	determine the incremental increase in tax receipts under Section
132	132	480.0102 not later than the earlier of:
133	133	(1) the 30th day after the date the office receives the
134	134	information for an event submitted by a local organizing committee,
135	135	endorsing municipality, or endorsing county on which the office
136	136	bases the determination as provided by Section 480.0102(b); and
137	137	(2) the 60th day [three months] before the date [of]
138	138	the event begins.
139	139	SECTION 10. Section 480.0105(a), Government Code, is
140	140	amended to read as follows:
141	141	(a) Not later than two [three] months before the date [of]
142	142	an event begins, the office shall provide an estimate of the total
143	143	amount of tax revenue that would be transferred or deposited to the
144	144	events trust fund under this chapter in connection with that event
145	145	if the event were held in this state at a site selected in
146	146	accordance with an application by a local organizing committee,
147	147	endorsing municipality, or endorsing county.
148	148	SECTION 11. Section 480.0155(a), Government Code, is
149	149	amended to read as follows:
150	150	(a) The comptroller, at the direction of the office, shall
151	151	transfer to the events trust fund a portion of the state tax revenue
152	152	in an amount equal to:
153	153	(1) for an event held primarily in a county or
154	154	municipality with a population of 500,000 or less, 12.25 multiplied
155	155	by the amount of the municipal and county tax revenue retained or
156	156	remitted under this chapter, including:
157	157	(A) local sales and use tax revenue;
158	158	(B) mixed beverage tax revenue;
159	159	(C) hotel occupancy tax revenue; and
160	160	(D) surcharge and user fee revenue; and
161	161	(2) for an event held primarily in a county or
162	162	municipality with a population of more than 500,000, 6.25
163	163	multiplied by the amount of the municipal and county tax revenue
164	164	retained or remitted under this chapter, including:
165	165	(A) [(1)] local sales and use tax revenue;
166	166	(B) [(2)] mixed beverage tax revenue;
167	167	(C) [(3)] hotel occupancy tax revenue; and
168	168	(D) [(4)] surcharge and user fee revenue.
169	169	SECTION 12. Section 480.0207, Government Code, is amended
170	170	to read as follows:
171	171	Sec. 480.0207. REMITTANCE OF REMAINING FUND MONEY. (a) On
172	172	payment of all municipal, county, or state obligations under an
173	173	event support contract related to the location of an event in this
174	174	state, the office shall remit to each endorsing entity, in
175	175	proportion to the amount contributed by the entity, any money
176	176	remaining in the events trust fund.
177	177	(b) The office shall remit money required by Subsection (a)
178	178	not later than the 120th day after the date the office receives from
179	179	an endorsing entity all event information the office requires under
180	180	Section 480.0251.
181	181	SECTION 13. Sections 480.0251(b) and (c), Government Code,
182	182	are amended to read as follows:
183	183	(b) A local organizing committee, endorsing municipality,
184	184	or endorsing county must provide any annual audited financial
185	185	statement required by the office not later than the 90th day [end of
186	186	the fourth month] after the last day of the period covered by the
187	187	financial statement.
188	188	(c) Not later than the 90th day after [After] the last day
189	189	[conclusion] of an event and on the office's request, a local
190	190	organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county
191	191	must provide information about the event, such as attendance
192	192	figures, including an estimate of the number of people who attended
193	193	the event who are not residents of this state, financial
194	194	information, or other public information held by the committee,
195	195	municipality, or county that the office considers necessary.
196	196	SECTION 14. (a) The following provisions of the Government
197	197	Code are repealed:
198	198	(1) Chapters 476, 477, and 479; and
199	199	(2) Section 480.0052(c).
200	200	(b) Section 26.041(j), Tax Code, is repealed.
201	201	SECTION 15. The following funds are abolished:
202	202	(1) the Pan American Games trust fund established
203	203	under Section 476.0101, Government Code, as that section existed
204	204	immediately before the effective date of this Act;
205	205	(2) the Olympic Games trust fund established under
206	206	Section 477.0101, Government Code, as that section existed
207	207	immediately before the effective date of this Act; and
208	208	(3) the motor sports racing trust fund established
209	209	under Section 479.0101, Government Code, as that section existed
210	210	immediately before the effective date of this Act.
211	211	SECTION 16. The applicable provisions of Chapters 475, 476,
212	212	477, 478, and 479, Government Code, as those chapters existed
213	213	immediately before the effective date of this Act, including any
214	214	fund established under those chapters, remain in effect as those
215	215	provisions apply in relation to the particular games or event
216	216	described by this section of this Act until all money from the fund
217	217	for the particular games or event has been disbursed and all
218	218	obligations under a games support contract or event support
219	219	contract for the particular games or event have been satisfied.
220	220	This section applies only if, before the effective date of this Act:
221	221	(1) pursuant to an application by a local organizing
222	222	committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, a site
223	223	selection organization selects a site in this state for the
224	224	particular games or event to which Chapter 476, 477, or 479 applies;
225	225	and
226	226	(2) a local organizing committee, endorsing
227	227	municipality, or endorsing county enters into a games support
228	228	contract or event support contract for the particular games or
229	229	event to which Chapter 476, 477, or 479 applies.
230	230	SECTION 17. The repeal by this Act of Chapters 476, 477, and
231	231	479, Government Code, does not apply to an offense committed under
232	232	those chapters before the effective date of the repeal. An offense
233	233	committed before the effective date of the repeal is governed by the
234	234	law as it existed on the date the offense was committed, and the
235	235	former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
236	236	this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
237	237	the repeal if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
238	238	SECTION 18. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.