HB370 - Relating to eligibility of certain events under the Events Trust Fund

      By: Swanson, Isaac, et al. H.B. No. 370       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to eligibility of certain events under the Events Trust   Fund          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sec. 478.0051 is amended by adding subsections   (d) and (e) to read as follows:          Sec. 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:                      (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)     An event is not eligible for funding under this chapter   if the event allows for a biological male to compete in a sport   designated by rule or procedure for female athletes.           (e)  For purposes of this section:                 (1)     An athlete's status as a biological male is   determined by the biological sex correctly stated on:                       (A)  the athlete's official birth certificate; or                       (B)     if the athlete's official birth certificate   described by Paragraph (A) is unobtainable, another government   record that accurately states the athlete's biological sex; and                 (2)     a statement of an athlete's biological sex on the   athlete's official birth certificate is considered to have   correctly stated the athlete's biological sex only if the statement   was:                       (A)     entered at or near the time of the athlete's   birth; or                       (B)     modified to correct a scrivener or clerical   error in the student's biological sex.           (f)     Subsection (d) does not prohibit biological males from   acting as coaches, support staff, or other necessary personnel who   are not actively competing in the sport designated by rule or   procedure for female athletes.          SECTION 2.  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 September 1, 2025.