By: Swanson H.B. No. 370
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility of certain events under the Events Trust
Fund
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 478.0051 is amended by adding subsections
(d) and (e) to read as follows:
Sec. 478.0051. EVENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. (a) Only an
event listed in Section 478.0001(3) is eligible for funding under
this chapter.
(b) A listed event may receive funding through the program
only if:
(1) a site selection organization, after considering
through a highly competitive selection process one or more sites
not in this state, selects a site in this state for the event to be
held:
(A) one time; or
(B) if the event is scheduled under an event
contract or event support contract to be held each year for a period
of years, one time in each year;
(2) a site selection organization selects a site in
this state as:
(A) the sole site for the event; or
(B) the sole site for the event in a region
composed of this state and one or more adjoining states;
(3) the event is held not more than one time in
any year;
(4) the incremental increase in tax receipts
determined under Section 478.0102 is at least $1 million; and
(5) not later than the 30th day before the first
day of the event, a site selection organization submits a plan to
prevent the trafficking of persons in connection with the event to:
(A) the office of the attorney general; and
(B) the chief of the Texas Division of
Emergency Management.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an event described by
Section 478.0001(3)(GG) may receive funding through the program if
a portion of the event is held at one or more sites located in
another state or country.
(d) An event is not eligible for funding under this chapter
if the event allows for a biological male to compete in a sport
designated by rule or procedure for female athletes.
(e) For purposes of this section:
(1) An athlete's status as a biological male is
determined by the biological sex correctly stated on:
(A) the athlete's official birth certificate; or
(B) if the athlete's official birth certificate
described by Paragraph (A) is unobtainable, another government
record that accurately states the athlete's biological sex; and
(2) a statement of an athlete's biological sex on the
athlete's official birth certificate is considered to have
correctly stated the athlete's biological sex only if the statement
was:
(A) entered at or near the time of the athlete's
birth; or
(B) modified to correct a scrivener or clerical
error in the student's biological sex.
(f) Subsection (d) does not prohibit biological males from
acting as coaches, support staff, or other necessary personnel who
are not actively competing in the sport designated by rule or
procedure for female athletes.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.