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

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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-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Frullo H.B. No. 4008
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to plans required to be submitted 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) 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 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 under Section 402.035, Government Code, and the chief of
  the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
         SECTION 2.  T
  his 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, 2019.
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