Senate Bill 1298

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1298

    By Senator Gutman





    34-1339-98                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to tourism; amending s.

  3         288.1221, F.S.; revising legislative intent;

  4         amending s. 288.1222, F.S.; clarifying a

  5         definition; amending s. 288.1223, F.S.;

  6         clarifying meeting and vice chair election

  7         provisions; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 288.1221, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         288.1221  Legislative intent.--

14         (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a

15  public-private partnership to provide policy direction to and

16  technical expertise in the promotion and marketing of the

17  state's tourism attributes. The Legislature further intends to

18  authorize this partnership to recommend the tenets of an

19  industry standard 4-year 5-year marketing plan for an annual

20  marketing plan for tourism promotion and recommend a

21  comparable organizational structure to carry out such a plan.

22  The Legislature intends to have such a plan funded by that

23  portion of the rental car surcharge annually dedicated to the

24  Tourism Promotional Trust Fund, pursuant to s. 212.0606, and

25  by the tourism industry. The Legislature intends that the

26  exercise of this authority by the public-private partnership

27  shall take into consideration the recommendations made to the

28  1992 Legislature in the report submitted by the Florida

29  Tourism Commission created pursuant to chapter 91-31, Laws of

30  Florida.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 1298
    34-1339-98                                              See HB




  1         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 288.1222, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         288.1222  Definitions.--For the purposes of ss.

  4  288.017, 288.121-288.1226, and 288.124, the term:

  5         (2)  "Tourist" means any person who participates in

  6  trade or recreation activities outside the county country of

  7  his or her permanent residence or who rents or leases

  8  transient living quarters or accommodations as described in s.

  9  125.0104(3)(a).

10         Section 3.  Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subsection (2) of

11  section 288.1223, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

12         288.1223  Florida Commission on Tourism; creation;

13  purpose; membership.--

14         (2)

15         (f)  The commission shall hold its first meeting no

16  later than September 1992 and must meet at least quarterly.  A

17  majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the

18  purpose of conducting business.

19         (g)  The Governor shall serve as chair of the

20  commission. The commission shall annually biennially elect one

21  of its tourism-industry-related members as vice chair, who

22  shall preside in the absence of the chair.

23         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

24  law.

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27                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Clarifies provisions relating to marketing tourism,
29    defining tourists, and the Florida Commission on Tourism.
      See bill for details.
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