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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to abolishing the Events trust fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 1(1-a), (2), (2-a), and (8), Chapter |
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1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(1-a) "Endorsing county" means an endorsing county for |
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purposes of Section 5, 5A, or 5B[, or 5C] of this Act. |
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(2) "Endorsing municipality" means an endorsing |
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municipality for purposes of Section 4, 5, 5A, or 5B[, or 5C] of |
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this Act. |
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(2-a) "Event" means a game or event as defined by |
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Section 5A or [,]5B[, or 5C] of this Act. |
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(8) "Site selection organization" means a site |
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selection organization as defined by Sections 5 and [,] 5A[, and 5C] |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 7(a), Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of |
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the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall review requests from a local |
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organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county |
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that the department, on behalf of the state, enter into a games |
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support contract that is required by a site selection organization |
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in connection with the committee's, municipality's, or county's bid |
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to host any of the games. This section does not affect or apply to |
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an event support contract under Section 5A or [,] 5B[, or 5C] of |
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this Act to which the department is not a party. |
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SECTION 3. (a) On September 1, 2017: |
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(1) Section 5C, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the |
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76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's |
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Texas Civil Statutes), is repealed; and |
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(2) each Events trust fund established under Section |
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5C, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is |
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abolished. |
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(b) The applicable provisions of Section 5C, Chapter 1507 |
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(S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 |
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(Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as that section |
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existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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including any trust fund established under that section, remain in |
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effect as those provisions apply in relation to the particular |
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events described by this subsection until all money from the trust |
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fund for the particular event has been disbursed and all |
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obligations under an event support contract for the particular |
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event have been satisfied. This subsection applies only if, before |
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the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) pursuant to an application by a local organizing |
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committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, a site |
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selection organization selects a site in this state for a |
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particular event to which Section 5C, Chapter 1507, applies; and |
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(2) one or more event support contracts for the |
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particular event have been entered into. |
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SECTION 4. The repeal by this Act of Section 5C, Chapter |
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1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), does not |
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apply to an offense committed under Chapter 1507 before September |
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1, 2017. An offense committed before September 1, 2017, is governed |
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by the law as it existed on the date the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before September |
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1, 2017, if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |