Tex. Gov't Code § 478.0051 · Subchapter B. ELIGIBILITY
EVENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Only an event listed in Section 478.0001(3) is eligible for funding under this chapter.
(b) A listed event may receive funding through the program only if:
(1) a site selection organization, after considering through a highly competitive selection process one or more sites not in this state, selects a site in this state for the event to be held:
(A) one time; or
(B) if the event is scheduled under an event contract or event support contract to be held each year for a period of years, one time in each year;
(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 incremental increase in tax receipts determined under Section 478.0102 is at least $1 million; 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:
(A) the office of the attorney general; and
(B) the chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an event described by Section 478.0001(3)(GG) may receive funding through the program if a portion of the event is held at one or more sites located in another state or country.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an event described by Section 478.0001(3)(M-1) may receive funding through the program if a site selection organization selects a site in this state as the sole site for the event without considering through a highly competitive process one or more sites not in this state. This subsection expires September 1, 2030.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (H.B. 4174), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 974 (S.B. 2325), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 193 (S.B. 2004), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.478.htm
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Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 478.0052SINGLE EVENT CLASSIFICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY PURPOSES.Printed as Section 478.0051
- Tex. Gov't Code § 478.00525SINGLE YEAR CLASSIFICATION FOR ELIGIBILITY PURPOSES FOR CERTAIN SPORTING EVENTS.Printed as Sections 478.0051(b)(1)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 478.0053EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN LARGE VENUES.Printed as Section 478.0051(b)(1)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 478.0101PREREQUISITES FOR OFFICE ACTION.Printed as Section 478.0051
- Tex. Gov't Code § 478.0102DETERMINATION OF INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN CERTAIN TAX RECEIPTS.Printed as Section 478.0051(b)(4)
- Tex. Gov't Code § 478.0108DISTRIBUTION AND PUBLICATION OF PLAN TO PREVENT TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH EVENT.Printed as Section 478.0051(b)(5)
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