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HB 1365: Professional Sports Facilities

GENERAL BILL by Artiles ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Costello

Professional Sports Facilities; Requires county commission in county in which professional sports facility is located to establish local homeless coalition if local homeless program does not exist in that county; requires that, by specified date, professional sports franchise that plays in facility that benefited from financial assistance from state, & county in which facility is located, provide Auditor General (AG) with documentation that homeless shelter has been operating at facility from effective date of contract between county & professional sports franchise; requires professional sports franchise & county to refund any financial assistance received from state which benefited facility during period that facility failed to operate homeless shelter; requires AG to levy specified fine against professional sports franchise & county if, after specified date, AG determines that homeless shelter is not operating at facility until such time that professional sports franchise & county are operating homeless shelter.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/6/2012 House • Filed
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 135
1/12/2012 House • Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Access Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 215
3/9/2012 House • Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee