By: Taylor of Collin	S.B. No. 541
	(In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2015; February 18, 2015,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and
	Economic Development; February 25, 2015, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 1; February 25, 2015, sent to
	printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the eligibility of presidential general election
	debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 5A(a)(4) and (5), Chapter 1507 (S.B.
	456), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999 (Article
	5190.14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as
	follows:
	(4)  "Event" means a Super Bowl, a National Collegiate
	Athletic Association Final Four tournament game, the National
	Basketball Association All-Star Game, the X Games, the National
	Hockey League All-Star Game, the Major League Baseball All-Star
	Game, a game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Bowl
	Championship Series or its successor or a National Collegiate
	Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
	postseason playoff or championship game, a World Cup Soccer game,
	the World Games, 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, 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, a mixed martial
	arts championship, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, a Formula
	One automobile race, the Academy of Country Music Awards, the
	National Cutting Horse Association Triple Crown, a presidential
	general election debate, a national political convention of the
	Republican National Committee or the Democratic National
	Committee, or 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 not less
	than 125,000.  The term includes any activities related to or
	associated with an event.
	(5)  "Site selection organization" means:
	(A)  the National Football League, the National
	Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Basketball
	Association, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the
	Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the
	International World Games Association, or the United States Olympic
	Committee;
	(B)  the national governing body of a sport that
	is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee, the National
	Thoroughbred Racing Association, Formula One Management Limited,
	or the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile;
	(C)  the Academy of Country Music;
	(D)  the National Cutting Horse Association; [or]
	(E)  the Republican National Committee or the
	Democratic National Committee; or
	(F)  the Commission on Presidential Debates.
	SECTION 2.  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 adding Subsection (a-3) to
	read as follows:
	(a-3)  For purposes of Subsection (a-1) of this section, each
	presidential general election debate in a series of presidential
	debates before a general election is considered a separate, single
	event.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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