HB 420: "An Act relating to tourism marketing contracts; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 420 01 "An Act relating to tourism marketing contracts; and providing for an effective 02 date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 44.33.125(a), as enacted in sec. 7, ch. 29, SLA 1999, is amended to read: 05 (a) Subject to appropriations for the purpose, the Department of Community 06 and Economic Development shall, on or before April [AUGUST] 1 of each fiscal 07 year, contract with a single qualified trade association for the purpose of planning and 08 executing a destination tourism marketing campaign during the next fiscal year . The 09 contract may be awarded only if the qualified trade association provides matching 10 funds equal to at least 30 percent of the costs of the marketing campaign described in 11 the contract. The marketing campaign may promote distinct segments of tourism, such 12 as highway tourism, seasonal tourism, ecotourism, cultural tourism, regional tourism, 13 and rural tourism. Before the contract is executed, the marketing campaign plan must 14 be approved by the department.
01 * Sec. 2. AS 44.33.125(a), as amended in sec. 8, ch. 29, SLA 1999, is amended to read: 02 (a) Subject to appropriations for the purpose, the Department of Commerce and 03 Economic Development shall, on or before April [AUGUST] 1 of each fiscal year, 04 contract with a single qualified trade association for the purpose of planning and 05 executing a destination tourism marketing campaign during the next fiscal year . The 06 contract may be awarded only if the qualified trade association provides matching 07 funds equal to at least 60 percent of the costs of the marketing campaign described in 08 the contract. The marketing campaign may promote distinct segments of tourism, such 09 as highway tourism, seasonal tourism, ecotourism, cultural tourism, regional tourism, 10 and rural tourism. Before executing the contract, the marketing campaign plan must 11 be approved by the department. 12 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 13 to read: 14 TRANSITION. To carry out the purposes of ch. 29, SLA 1999, and subject to 15 appropriations for the purpose, the Department of Community and Economic Development 16 shall, on or before April 1, 2000, contract with a single qualified trade association for the 17 purpose of planning and executing a destination tourism marketing campaign for fiscal year 18 2001. 19 * Sec. 4. Section 1 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2000. 20 * Sec. 5. Section 2 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2002. 21 * Sec. 5. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).