SF0075 Wyoming tourism board. | Wyoming Bill

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2007 General Session Summary for SF0075

Bill No.:
SF0075
Drafter:

MRW

LSO No.:
07LSO-0170
Effective Date:

7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0003

Chapter No.:
5

Prime Sponsor:
Joint Minerals, Business and Economic
Development Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Wyoming tourism board.

Subject:
Codifies the Wyoming tourism board.

Summary/Major Elements:

Codifies the Wyoming tourism board
previously approved as a budget footnote and r
epeals the budget footnote.

The board is composed of nine
members appointed by the governor with senate confirmation.

Specifies appointment
districts for six members, with three at large members.

Transfers tourism promotion to the
Wyoming
tourism
board from the Wyoming Business
Council.

Grants rule making authority to the Wyoming tourism board.

Comments:

Creates/amends major program - Creates
the Wyoming tourism board previously approved as a budget footnote.

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE

FILE

NO.
0075

ENROLLED ACT NO. 3, SENATE

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2007 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
economic development; creating the Wyoming tourism board; granting rulemaking authority; transferring tourism promotion to the Wyoming tourism board as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 9
‑
12
‑
901 and 9
‑
12
‑
902 are created to read:

ARTICLE 9
WYOMING
TOURISM BOARD

9
‑
12
‑
901.

Wy
oming
tourism board; creation; composition; appointment; terms; compensation.

(a)

There is created the
Wyoming
tourism board. The board shall serve as the leading proponent of
Wyoming
's tourism and hospitality industry and shall provide governance and oversight for the division of travel and tourism.

(
b
)

The board shall be comprised of nine (9) members who shall be employed in or associated closely with the travel industry. The board shall be appointed
by
the governor, and approved with the advice and consent of the senate, in accordance with W.S. 28
‑
12
‑
101 through 28
‑
12
‑
103, as follows:

(i)

One (1) member shall be from tourism appointment district 1, consisting of
Albany
, Carbon and
Laramie
counties;

(ii)

One (1) member shall be from tourism appointment district 2, consisting of Converse,
Goshen
, Natrona, Niobrara and
Platte
counties;

(iii)

One (1) member shall be from tourism appointment district 3, consisting of Campbell, Crook
,
Johnson, Sheridan and Weston counties;

(iv)

One (1) member shall be from tourism appointment district 4, consisting of Lincoln, Sweetwater and Uinta counties;

(v)

One (1) member shall be from tourism appointment district 5, consisting of Big Horn,
Hot Springs
, Park
and Washakie counties;

(vi)

One (1) member shall be from tourism appointment district 6, consisting of Fremont, Sublette and Teton counties;

(v
i
i)

Three
(
3
) members shall be at-large
members
appointed to provide geographic and tourism industry balance.

(
c
)

Each appointed member shall serve for three (3) years, except that
the initial appointments of the members shall be:

(i)

One (1) year for one (1) of the at-large members and the members appointed from tourism appointment district 2 and tourism appointment district 5;

(ii)

Two (2) years for one (1) of the at-large members and the members appointed from tourism appointment district 1 and tourism appointment district 3; and

(iii)

Three (3) years for one (1) of the at-large members and the members appointed from tourism appointment district 4 and tourism appointment district 6.

(d)

No appointed member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive three (3) year terms.

(
e
)

The board
shall select a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its members.

(
f
)

The governor may remove any member as provided by W.S. 9
‑
1
‑
202.

(
g
)

Members of the board shall receive
mil
e
age
and per diem for attending board meetings or other meetings
as assigned by the board,
in the same amount as state legislators and shall receive no other compensation for serving on the board.

(
h
)

For purposes of this
article
, "board" means the
Wyoming
tourism board.

9
‑
12
‑
902.

General powers and duties of the board; rulemaking authority.

(a)

The board shall be responsible for implementing the tourism program and functions assigned to the
Wyoming
business council under the Wyoming Economic Development Act
, including the expenditure o
f all funds appropriated for the tourism
program
and shall:

(i)

Assemble and distribute information concerning the scenic and recreational opportunities and resources of
Wyoming
;

(ii)

Encourage close cooperation between public and private agencies engaged in stimulating recognition of
Wyoming
recreational resources;

(iii)

Implement programs to promote tourism in
Wyoming
.

(b)

The board shall assign a member to attend all regularly scheduled meetings of the
Wyoming
business council.

(
c
)

The board shall promulgate
rules and regulations necessary to implement this
article
.

Section 2.

W.S. 9
‑
12
‑
107(a)
and 2006 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 35, Section 85, footnote 1 are
repealed.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2007.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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