Sec. 7. ASSISTANCE OF DEPARTMENT AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES. (a) The department shall review requests from a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county that the department, on behalf of the state, enter into a games support contract that is required by a site selection organization in connection with the committee's, municipality's, or county's bid to host any of the games. This section does not affect or apply to an event support contract under Section 5A, 5B, or 5C of this Act to which the department is not a party.

(b) A request made under Subsection (a) of this section must be accompanied by:

(1) a general description and summary of the games for which a site selection is sought by the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county;

(2) a preliminary and general description of the proposal the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county intends to submit to a site selection organization;

(3) the estimated cost of preparing and submitting the intended proposal;

(4) the local organizing committee's, endorsing municipality's, or endorsing county's intended method of obtaining the funds needed for the purpose of preparing the proposal;

(5) a description by type and approximate amount of the site selection application costs that the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county intends to pay; and

(6) any other information reasonably requested by the department to assist it in reviewing the request.

(c) The department shall approve or deny a request made under Subsection (a) of this section not later than the 30th day after the date the request is submitted.

(d) The department may agree in a joinder undertaking entered into with a site selection organization that the department will:

(1) execute a joinder agreement if the site selection organization selects a site in this state for the games; and

(2) refrain from taking any action after the execution of the joinder undertaking that would impair its ability to execute the joinder agreement.

(e) The department may agree in a joinder agreement that the state will:

(1) provide or cause to be provided all of the governmental funding, facilities, and other resources specified in the local organizing committee's, endorsing municipality's, or endorsing county's bid to host the games;

(2) be bound by the terms of, cause the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to perform, and guarantee performance of the local organizing committee's, endorsing municipality's, or endorsing county's obligations under contracts relating to selecting a site in this state for the games; and

(3) be jointly and severally liable with the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county for:

(A) obligations of the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to a site selection organization, including obligations indemnifying the site selection organization against claims of and liabilities to third parties arising out of or relating to the games; and

(B) any financial deficit relating to the games.

(f) The department may agree to execute a joinder undertaking, a joinder agreement, or other games support contract only if:

(1) the department determines that:

(A) the state's assurances and obligations under the undertaking, agreement, or contract are reasonable; and

(B) any financial commitments of the state will be satisfied exclusively by recourse to the Pan American Games trust fund or the Olympic Games trust fund, as applicable; and

(2) the endorsing municipality or endorsing county has executed an agreement with a site selection organization that contains substantially similar terms.

(g) Before executing a games support contract, the department must execute an agreement with the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county requiring that if a site selection organization selects a site for the games in this state pursuant to an application by the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county will repay the state any funds expended by the department under this Act from any surplus of the local organizing committee's, endorsing municipality's, or endorsing county's funds remaining after the presentation of the games and after the payment of the expenses and obligations incurred by the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county.

(h) A games support contract may contain any additional provisions the department requires in order to carry out the purposes of this Act.

(i) The department may require a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to list the state as an additional insured on any policy of insurance purchased by the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county and required by a site selection organization to be in effect in connection with the games.

(j) The Texas Department of Transportation, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs may:

(1) assist a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county in developing applications and planning for the games; and

(2) enter into contracts, agreements, or assurances related to the presentation of the games.

(k) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 5.09.