Section 5. Guarantee of State and Municipal Obligations; Olympic Games Trust Fund

TX Civ Stat § 5 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 5. GUARANTEE OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS; OLYMPIC GAMES TRUST FUND. (a) In this section:

(1) "Games" means the Olympic Games.

(2) "Site selection organization" means the United States Olympic Committee or the International Olympic Committee.

(3) "Endorsing county" means a county in which there is located all or part of a municipality that has a population of 850,000 or more, or a county adjacent to such a county.

(4) "Endorsing municipality" has the meaning assigned by Section 4 of this Act.

(b) If a site selection organization selects a site for the games in this state pursuant to an application by a local organizing committee, after the first occurrence of a measurable economic impact in this state as a result of the preparation for the games, as determined by the department, but in no event later than one year before the scheduled opening event of the games, the department shall determine for each subsequent calendar quarter, in accordance with procedures developed by the department:

(1) the incremental increase in the receipts to the state from the taxes imposed under Chapters 151, 152, 156, and 183, Tax Code, and under Title 5, Alcoholic Beverage Code, within the market areas designated under Subsection (c) of this section, that is directly attributable, as determined by the department, to the preparation for and presentation of the games and related events;

(2) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by the state on behalf of each endorsing municipality from the sales and use tax imposed by the endorsing municipality under Section 321.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue to be received by the endorsing municipality under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the department, to the preparation for and presentation of the games and related events;

(3) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by the state on behalf of each endorsing county from the sales and use tax imposed by the county under Section 323.101(a), Tax Code, and the mixed beverage tax revenue to be received by the endorsing county under Section 183.051(b), Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the department, to the preparation for and presentation of the games and related events;

(4) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by each endorsing municipality from the hotel occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 351, Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the department, to the preparation for and presentation of the games and related events; and

(5) the incremental increase in the receipts collected by each endorsing county from the hotel occupancy tax imposed under Chapter 352, Tax Code, that is directly attributable, as determined by the department, to the preparation for and presentation of the games and related events.

(c) For the purposes of Subsection (b)(1) of this section, the department shall designate as a market area for the games each area in which the department determines there is a reasonable likelihood of measurable economic impact directly attributable to the preparation for and presentation of the games and related events, including areas likely to provide venues, accommodations, and services in connection with the games based on the proposal provided by the local organizing committee under Section 7 of this Act. The department shall determine the geographic boundaries of each market area. Each endorsing municipality or endorsing county that has been selected as the site for the games must be included in a market area for the games.

(d) Subject to Section 6 of this Act, the comptroller, at the direction of the department, shall retain, for the purpose of guaranteeing the joint obligations of the state and an endorsing municipality or endorsing county under a games support contract and this Act, the amount of sales and use tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue determined under Subsection (b)(2) or (b)(3) of this section from the amounts otherwise required to be sent to the municipality under Section 183.051(b) or 321.502, Tax Code, or to the county under Section 183.051(b) or 323.502, Tax Code, beginning with the first distribution of that tax revenue that occurs after the date the department makes the determination of the amount of sales and use tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue under Subsection (b)(2) or (b)(3) of this section. The comptroller shall discontinue retaining sales and use tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue under this subsection on the earlier of:

(1) the end of the third calendar month following the month in which the closing event of the games occurs; or

(2) the date the amount of local sales and use tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue in the Olympic Games trust fund equals 14 percent of the maximum amount of state and local tax revenue that may be transferred to or deposited in the trust fund under Subsection (m) of this section.

(e) In addition to sales and use tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue retained under Subsection (d) of this section and hotel occupancy tax revenue retained under Subsection (f) of this section, an endorsing municipality or endorsing county may guarantee its obligations under a games support contract and this Act by pledging surcharges from user fees, including parking or ticket fees, charged in connection with presentation of the games.

(f) Subject to Subsection (m) of this section, each endorsing municipality or endorsing county shall remit to the comptroller and the comptroller, at the direction of the department, shall deposit into a trust fund designated as the Olympic Games trust fund, on a quarterly basis, the amount of the municipality's or county's hotel occupancy tax revenue determined by the department under Subsection (b)(4) or (b)(5) of this section, as applicable. Subject to Section 6 of this Act and Subsection (m) of this section, the comptroller, at the direction of the department, shall deposit into the trust fund the amount of sales and use tax revenue and mixed beverage tax revenue retained under Subsection (d) of this section for the same calendar quarter and, at the same time, shall transfer to the fund the state tax revenue determined by the department under Subsection (b)(1) of this section for the quarter. The Olympic Games trust fund is established outside the treasury but is held in trust by the comptroller for the administration of this Act. Money in the trust fund may be spent by the department without appropriation only as provided by this Act. The comptroller shall discontinue transfer of the amount of state tax revenue determined by the department under Subsection (b)(1) of this section on the earlier of:

(1) the end of the third calendar month following the month in which the closing event of the games occurs; or

(2) the date the amount of state revenue in the Olympic Games trust fund equals 86 percent of the maximum amount of state, municipal, and county tax revenue that may be transferred to or deposited in the trust fund under Subsection (m) of this section.

(g) The department may use the funds in the Olympic Games trust fund only to fulfill joint obligations of the state and each endorsing municipality or endorsing county to a site selection organization under a games support contract or any other agreement providing assurances from the department or the municipality or county to a site selection organization.

(h) A local organizing committee shall provide information required by the department to enable the department to fulfill the department's duties under this Act, including annual audited statements of the local organizing committee's financial records required by a site selection organization and data obtained by the local organizing committee relating to attendance at the games and to the economic impact of the games. A local organizing committee must provide an annual audited financial statement required by the department not later than the end of the fourth month after the date the period covered by the financial statement ends.

(i) The department shall provide an estimate before August 31 of the year that is 12 years before the year in which the games would be held in this state, or as soon as practical after that date, of the total amount of state, municipal, and county tax revenue that would be transferred to or deposited in the Olympic Games trust fund if the games were to be held in this state at a site selected pursuant to an application by a local organizing committee. The department shall provide the estimate on request to a local organizing committee. A local organizing committee may submit the department's estimate to a site selection organization.

(j) The department may not make a disbursement from the Olympic Games trust fund unless the department certifies that the disbursement is for a purpose for which the state and each endorsing municipality or endorsing county are jointly obligated under a games support contract or other agreement described by Subsection (g) of this section. A disbursement may not be made from the trust fund that the department determines would be used for the purpose of soliciting the relocation of a professional sports franchise located in this state.

(k) If the department certifies under Subsection (j) of this section that a disbursement may be made from the Olympic Games trust fund, the obligation shall be satisfied proportionately from the state and municipal or county revenue in the trust fund.

(l) Two years after the closing event of the games, the department shall transfer to the general revenue fund any money remaining in the Olympic Games trust fund, not to exceed the amount of state revenue remaining in the trust fund, plus any interest earned on that state revenue. The department shall remit to each endorsing entity in proportion to the amount contributed by the entity any money remaining in the trust fund after the required amount is transferred to the general revenue fund.

(m) In no event may:

(1) the total amount of state, municipal, and county tax revenue transferred to or deposited in the Olympic Games trust fund exceed $100 million; or

(2) the joint liability of the state and an endorsing municipality or county under a joinder agreement and any other games support contracts entered into pursuant to this Act exceed the lesser of:

(A) $100 million; or

(B) the total amount of revenue transferred to or deposited in the Olympic Games trust fund and interest earned on the fund.