Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 398
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Commerce and Tourism; and Senators Detert
       and Margolis
       
       
       
       
       577-00951-14                                           2014398c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame;
    3         creating s. 265.004, F.S.; providing legislative
    4         intent; establishing the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame;
    5         providing for administration by the Florida Tourism
    6         Industry Marketing Corporation; designating a location
    7         for the display of inductee plaques; providing
    8         procedures for nomination, selection, and induction of
    9         members; providing that a person inducted before a
   10         certain date remains in the Hall of Fame; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Section 265.004, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         265.004 Florida Tourism Hall of Fame.—
   18         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and
   19  honor those persons, living or dead, who through their work
   20  within the tourism industry have made significant contributions
   21  to the economic climate and the well-being of the residents of
   22  this state.
   23         (2) There is established the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame.
   24         (a) The Florida Tourism Hall of Fame is administered by the
   25  Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation without
   26  appropriation of state funds.
   27         (b) The Department of Management Services shall set aside
   28  an area on the Plaza Level of the Capitol Building and shall
   29  consult with the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation
   30  regarding the design and theme of the area.
   31         (c) Each person who is inducted into the Florida Tourism
   32  Hall of Fame shall have his or her name and image placed on a
   33  plaque displayed in the designated area of the Capitol Building,
   34  which plaque shall designate the member’s discipline or
   35  contribution and any vital information relating to the member.
   36         (3) The Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation
   37  shall establish selection criteria for induction into the
   38  Florida Tourism Hall of Fame and shall annually accept
   39  nominations.
   40         (a) In selecting its nominees for submission to the board
   41  of directors of the corporation, the corporation shall give
   42  preference to tourism industry leaders who were born in Florida
   43  or adopted Florida as their home state and who have made a
   44  significant contribution to the state’s travel and tourism
   45  industry.
   46         (b) The corporation may establish criteria and set specific
   47  timeframes for the acceptance and consideration of nominations
   48  and may establish a formal induction ceremony to coincide with
   49  the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism.
   50         (c) A person inducted into the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame
   51  administered by the corporation before July 1, 2014, shall
   52  remain in the Florida Tourism Hall of Fame.
   53         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.