Bill Text: TX SB1155 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1155 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1155-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1155 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility of certain events for funding under the | ||
| Major Events Reimbursement Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 478.0001(3), Government Code, as | ||
| effective April 1, 2021, is 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 on September 1, 2021; | ||
| (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; [ |
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| (ii) season-ending Championship Race; or | ||
| (iii) Texas Grand Prix 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) a Super Bowl; | ||
| (X) the United States Open Championship; | ||
| (Y) a World Cup soccer game or the World Cup | ||
| soccer tournament; | ||
| (Z) the World Games; or | ||
| (AA) the X Games. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1155 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1155 passed the House on | ||
| May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 32, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
