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