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CS/HB 943: Professional Sports Franchises

GENERAL BILL by Tourism ; Dawson-White

Professional Sports Franchises; revises definition of "league" for purposes of qualifying as facility for new professional sports franchise or facility for retained professional sports franchise; provides for creation & maintenance of amateur sports fields by certified applicants; provides that applicant certified as retained spring training franchise facility is required to have contract with LES Dept. for hiring WAGES participants, etc. Amends 288.1162, 212.20.

Effective Date: 07/01/1997
Last Action: 3/17/1998 House - Withdrawn from Finance & Taxation (FRC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations; Withdrawn from further consideration -HJ 00182
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/28/1997 House • Prefiled
3/4/1997 House • Introduced -HJ 00100
3/11/1997 House • Referred to Tourism (EIC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations -HJ 00240
3/20/1997 House • On Committee agenda-- Tourism (EIC), 03/26/97, 3:00 pm, 317C
3/26/1997 House • Comm. Action: CS by Tourism (EIC) -HJ 00493
4/9/1997 House • CS read first time on 04/09/97 -HJ 00489
4/4/1997 House • Now in Finance & Taxation (FRC) -HJ 00493
5/2/1997 House • Carried over to 1998 Session pursuant to House Rule 96, In House Committee on Finance & Taxation (FRC)
3/3/1998 House • CARRIED OVER; Referred to Finance & Taxation (FRC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations
3/17/1998 House • Withdrawn from Finance & Taxation (FRC); Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations; Withdrawn from further consideration -HJ 00182