89R20237 PRL-D By: Spiller H.B. No. 5088 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5088: By: Metcalf C.S.H.B. No. 5088 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the major events reimbursement program and the events trust fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 478.0107(a) and (b), Government Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) Not later than the 10th month after the last day of an event eligible for disbursements from the fund, using existing resources, the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county [office] shall complete a study in the market area of the event on the measurable economic impact directly attributable to the preparation for and presentation of the event. (b) The local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county [office] shall post on the committee's, municipality's, or county's [office's] Internet website: (1) the results of the study conducted under Subsection (a), including any source documentation or other information on which the committee, municipality, or county [office] relied for the study; (2) the incremental increase in tax receipts for the event determined under Section 478.0102 and any source documentation or information described by Section 478.0251 on which the office relied to determine that increase; (3) the documentation described by Section 478.0101(3); and (4) documentation verifying that: (A) a request submitted under Section 478.0101 is complete and certified as complete by the office; (B) the office considered the information submitted by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to determine the incremental increase in tax receipts under Section 478.0102 as required by Section 478.0102(b); and (C) each deadline established under this chapter was met. SECTION 2. Section 480.0153, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 480.0153. OTHER LOCAL MONEY. (a) An [In lieu of the municipal and county tax revenues remitted or retained under Section 480.0152, an] endorsing municipality or endorsing county shall [may] remit to the office for deposit to the events trust fund other local money in an amount equal to the total amount of municipal and county tax revenue determined under Sections 480.0102(a)(2)-(5). (b) An endorsing municipality or endorsing county must remit the [other] local money not later than the 90th day after the last day of an event. [(c) For purposes of Section 480.0155, the amount deposited under this section is considered remitted municipal and county tax revenue.] SECTION 3. Section 480.0155(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The comptroller, at the direction of the office, shall transfer to the events trust fund a portion of the state tax revenue in an amount equal to 6.25 multiplied by the amount of the municipal and county tax revenue [retained or] remitted under this chapter, including: (1) local sales and use tax revenue; (2) mixed beverage tax revenue; (3) hotel occupancy tax revenue; and (4) surcharge and user fee revenue. SECTION 4. Section 480.0253, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 480.0253. PLEDGE OF SURCHARGES TO GUARANTEE OBLIGATIONS. An endorsing municipality or endorsing county may guarantee its obligations under an event support contract and this chapter by pledging, in addition to the local money [tax revenue] deposited under Section 480.0153 [480.0152], surcharges from user fees charged in connection with the event, including parking or ticket fees. SECTION 5. Section 480.0152, Government Code, is repealed. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.