Section 478.0051 - Events Eligible for Funding(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: (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. Tex. Gov't. Code § 478.0051
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 974,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. TBD,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2021.