Bill Text: TX HB2420 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2420 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2420-Comm_Sub.html

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87R5540 ADM-D
By: Howard, Israel H.B. No. 2420

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of the South by Southwest Conference
and Festivals 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) a national political convention of the
Republican National Committee or the Democratic National
Committee;
(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;
(U) a presidential general election debate;
(V) the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
National Finals Rodeo;
(W) the South by Southwest Conference and
Festivals;
(X) 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 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association;
(T) the Republican National Committee;
(U) South by Southwest;
(V) 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. Section 478.0053, Government Code, as effective
April 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 478.0053. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EVENTS [LARGE VENUES]. Section
478.0051(b)(1) does not apply to an event described by Section
478.0001(3)(G) or (W). If an endorsing municipality or endorsing
county requests the office to make a determination under Section
478.0102 for an event described by Section 478.0001(3)(G) or (W),
the remaining provisions of this chapter apply to that event as if
the event satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section
478.0051(b)(1).
SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.