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TX HB5088

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Spiller

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Shifts responsibility for conducting post-event economic impact studies from the state office to the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county within 10 months after an eligible event

  • Requires local entities to post study results, tax receipt documentation, and compliance verification on their own websites rather than the state office's website

  • Mandates that endorsing municipalities and counties remit local money to the events trust fund equal to the municipal and county tax revenue amounts (changing from optional "may" to mandatory "shall")

  • Sets a 90-day deadline after an event's last day for municipalities and counties to remit local money to the events trust fund

  • State tax revenue transfers to the events trust fund will be calculated at 6.25 times the amount of municipal and county tax revenue remitted (removing "retained" as an option), and repeals Section 480.0152 regarding municipal and county tax revenue remittance

Legislative Description

Relating to the major events reimbursement program and the events trust fund.

County Government

Last Action

Referred to Economic Development

5/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Economic Development5/14/2025
Culture, Recreation & Tourism4/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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