Bill Text: TX HB4008 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas House Bill 4008 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to plans required to be submitted to be eligible to receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-07 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [HB4008 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4008-Engrossed.html



	By: Frullo, Moody, Cyrier, Krause, Rodriguez	H.B. No. 4008



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to plans required to be submitted to be eligible to receive
	funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 5A, Chapter 1507 (S.B. 456), Acts of the
	76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article 5190.14, Vernon's
	Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection (a-1) and
	adding Subsection (a-5) to read as follows:
	(a-1) An event not listed in Subsection (a)(4) of this
	section is ineligible for funding under this section. A listed
	event may receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement
	Program under this section only if:
	(1) a site selection organization selects a site
	located in this state for the event to be held one time or, for an
	event scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an
	event contract, or an event support contract, one time each year for
	the period of years, after considering, through a highly
	competitive selection process, one or more sites that are not
	located in this state;
	(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 amount of the incremental increase in tax
	receipts determined by the department under Subsection (b) of this
	section equals or exceeds $1 million, provided that for an event
	scheduled to be held each year for a period of years under an event
	contract or event support contract, the incremental increase in tax
	receipts shall be calculated as if the event did not occur in the
	prior year; and
	(5) not later than the 30th day before the first day of
	the event, a site selection organization or the organization
	hosting the event submits a plan to prevent the trafficking of
	persons in connection with the event to the office of the attorney
	general, the human trafficking prevention task force established
	under Section 402.035, Government Code, and the chief of the Texas
	Division of Emergency Management.
	(a-5) If the department determines an event is ineligible to
	receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program due
	solely to a failure to timely submit a plan as required by
	Subsection (a-1)(5) of this section, the event may receive funding
	through the program if:
	(1) the plan required by that subdivision is submitted
	to the required entities not later than seven days before the event
	begins and is implemented during the event; and
	(2) all other requirements for funding under this
	section, including those imposed by Subsections (d-1) and (w) of
	this section, are satisfied not later than the 60th day after the
	last day of the fiscal year in which the event occurs, provided
	submission of the plan required by Subsection (a-1)(5) of this
	section was not previously required under this section for that
	event.
	SECTION 2. This Act applies to an event that occurs before,
	on, or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3. 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 on the 90th day after the last day of the
	legislative session.