The Florida Senate

288.1222  Definitions.--For the purposes of ss. 288.017, ¹288.121-288.1226, and 288.124, the term:

(1)  "Tourism promotion" means any marketing efforts exercised to attract domestic and international visitors from outside the state to destinations in Florida and to stimulate Florida resident tourism to areas within the state.

(2)  "Tourist" means any person who participates in trade or recreation activities outside the ²country of his or her permanent residence or who rents or leases transient living quarters or accommodations as described in s. 125.0104(3)(a).

(3)  "Commission" means the Florida Commission on Tourism.

(4)  "County destination marketing organization" means a public or private agency that is funded by local option tourist development tax revenues under s. 125.0104, or local option convention development tax revenues under s. 212.0305, and is officially designated by a county commission to market and promote the area for tourism or convention business or, in any county which has not levied such taxes, a public or private agency that is officially designated by the county commission to market and promote the area for tourism or convention business.

(5)  "Direct-support organization" means the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation.

History.--s. 2, ch. 92-299; s. 50, ch. 96-320.

¹Note.--Section 288.121 was repealed by s. 154, ch. 96-320.

²Note.--As amended by s. 50, ch. 96-320. Before voting on C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 958, which became ch. 96-320, the Senate adopted Amendment 1C to delete the word "country" and insert "county" in s. 288.1222(2) (see Journal of the Senate 1995, p. 1075). When C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 958 went to the House of Representatives for consideration, House Amendment 1 struck everything and replaced it (see Journal of the House of Representatives 1995, p. 2246). Section 288.1222(2), as incorporated in that amendment, uses "country" (see Journal of the House of Representatives 1995, p. 2271), and that version was passed by the House and concurred in by the Senate.