CSHB 342(FIN): "An Act relating to the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council; increasing to at least 38 percent the share of the council's expenses that must be paid through contributions by an association that contracts to jointly manage the council; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 342(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to the Alaska Tourism Marketing Council; increasing to at least 02 38 percent the share of the council's expenses that must be paid through 03 contributions by an association that contracts to jointly manage the council; and 04 providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 44.33.705(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) If the commissioner determines that it is in the best interests of the state 08 to promote the state as a destination through the cooperative marketing program, the 09 commissioner shall contract with a single qualified trade association to jointly manage 10 the council if the trade association agrees that, before the end of each fiscal year that 11 the contract covers, the association will contribute in cash at least 25 [15] percent of 12 the total operating expenses of the council for that fiscal year and the association will 13 furnish the council with evidence of additional contributions in the form of cash, 14 products, or services so that the total contribution of cash, products, and services
01 is at least 50 percent of the total operating expenses of the council for that fiscal 02 year. A product or service qualifies as a contribution under this subsection if it 03 is approved by the council and provided by the association in a mutual 04 undertaking with a state agency to advertise, market, or promote the state as a 05 visitor destination. For purposes of this subsection, the value of a contribution 06 other than cash is the lowest retail unit value of the product or service or the 07 value of the discount given to the state for that product or service, whichever is 08 less. The term of a contract under this section may not exceed two years. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 44.66.010(a)(15) is amended to read: 10 (15) Alaska Tourism Marketing Council (AS 44.33.700) - 11 December 30, 1998 [1994]; 12 * Sec. 3. TRANSITIONAL PROVISION. Notwithstanding AS 44.33.705(b), as amended 13 by sec. 1 of this Act, if the commissioner of commerce and economic development contracts 14 with a single qualified trade association to jointly manage the Alaska Tourism Marketing 15 Council, the contract must provide that before the end of the following fiscal years, the 16 association will provide evidence of contributions of cash, products, or services, in addition 17 to its required cash contribution of 25 percent, so that the total contributions of cash, products, 18 and services are at least the following percentages of the total operating expenses of the 19 council for those fiscal years: 20 (1) fiscal year 1995, 38 percent; 21 (2) fiscal year 1996, 42 percent; 22 (3) fiscal year 1997, 45 percent. 23 * Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to contracts under AS 44.33.705 that are 24 entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 1994. 25 * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect July 1, 1994.