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  89R13410 AB-F     By: Hefner H.B. No. 4375       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to broadcast coverage agreements for postseason activity   of students representing a University Interscholastic League   member school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 33.0813 to read as follows:           Sec.   33.0813.     UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE POSTSEASON   BROADCAST AGREEMENTS. (a)   In this section:                 (1)     "Local broadcaster" means a radio or television   station that broadcasts over radio, television, or a live streaming   platform live or recorded audio or video coverage of student   activity for a school in a local broadcast area, including a   student-organized broadcast offered as an educational course or   program by the school.                 (2)     "Postseason activity" means a University   Interscholastic League sponsored activity that occurs after the   conclusion of a regular sport season, including a single game or   tournament.           (b)     Notwithstanding any agreement executed by the   University Interscholastic League authorizing a private entity to   provide exclusive broadcast coverage for a postseason activity of   students representing a member school, a local broadcaster may   provide broadcast coverage of the postseason activity if the local   broadcaster:                 (1)     broadcasts a majority of the students' activities   in a regular season under a valid agreement with the school; and                 (2)     complies with any agreement executed under   Subsection (c).           (c)     The University Interscholastic League may require a   local broadcaster to execute an agreement to provide postseason   broadcasting coverage authorized under Subsection (b) that   includes provisions:                 (1)     requiring the local broadcaster to pay reasonable   compensation to the University Interscholastic League for a video   broadcast;                 (2)     requiring approval by the site hosting the   postseason activity of the local broadcaster's coverage;                 (3)     establishing limitations on the type of   organizations the local broadcaster may arrange as sponsors for the   broadcast; and                 (4)     requiring the local broadcaster to provide   competent and professional announcers for the broadcast.           (d)     The University Interscholastic League may not execute   an agreement authorizing a private entity to provide exclusive   postseason broadcast coverage that conflicts with this section.          SECTION 2.  Section 33.0813, Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to an agreement between the University   Interscholastic League and a local broadcaster to provide broadcast   coverage of a postseason activity of students representing member   schools that is entered into on or after the effective date of this   Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.