5-808

5-808. Major league baseball spring training
facilities; local financial participation

A. From monies in the cactus league promotion account established by section 5-837,
the authority may:

1. Acquire land or construct, finance, furnish, improve, market or promote the use
of existing or proposed major league baseball spring training facilities that are located
in the authority and other structures, utilities, roads, parking areas or buildings
necessary for full use of the training facilities for sports and other purposes.

2. Do all things necessary or convenient to accomplish those purposes.

B. Monies in the cactus league promotion account:

1. May be used for the purposes of:

(a) Attracting major league baseball spring training operations to locations in the
authority.

(b) Retaining major league baseball spring training operations in their current
locations in the authority.

2. Shall not be used to facilitate the relocation of a major league baseball spring
training operation from one location in this state to another location in this state
unless either:

(a) Another major league baseball team has made contractual commitments to assure
the relocation of its spring training operations from a location outside this state to
the vacated facility.

(b) The relocation is to a facility located in the authority from another facility
in this state that was shared with another major league baseball team.

C. The board shall require that any project undertaken pursuant to this section
include financial participation from the county or municipality in which the project is
located, from a private party or from any combination of these entities that equals or
exceeds one-half of the amount to be spent or distributed by the authority. Capital
improvement monies spent by a county, municipality or private party for a purpose
authorized by this section may be considered to be financial participation with respect
to any project the authority may undertake.

D. For purposes of financing, designing or constructing facilities or structures,
the authority is not the agent of any other party participating in the funding of the
facility or structure.

E. Before undertaking the planning or construction of the first new facility under
this section, the board may consider the costs of anticipated required renovations of
existing facilities and shall consider such costs for subsequent new facilities.