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1999 SESSION
SB 1142 Tourism Authority Act; created.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Tourism Authority Act. Creates the Virginia Tourism Authority to, among other things, issue periodicals and carry and charge for advertising therein; raise money in the corporate, nonprofit, and nonstate communities to finance the Authority’s activities; support and encourage each locality to foster its own tourism development programs; enter into agreements with public or private entities that provide participating funding to establish and operate tourism centers, funded jointly by the entity and the authority, as shall be determined by the Executive Director, and as approved by the Authority; encourage, stimulate, and support tourism in the Commonwealth by promoting, marketing, and advertising the Commonwealth’s many tourist attractions and locations; encourage, stimulate and support the film industry in the Commonwealth; and do all things necessary or proper to administrate and manage the Governor’s Motion Picture Opportunity Fund. All rights of the Authority shall be exercised by a board of directors consisting of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, the Secretary of Finance, and eleven members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The bill also provides for the Governor to appoint the Executive Director of the Authority, who shall serve as the President and chief executive officer of the Authority. The Executive Director shall report to, but not be a member of, the Board of Directors. Under the bill, the Authority is granted an exemption from the Public Procurement and Personnel Act, as well as from taxation. The newly created Authority will perform the tourism functions currently exercised by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 990789811 pdf
- 01/29/99 Senate: Printed as engrossed 990789811-E pdf
- 02/23/99 House: Committee substitute printed 991605180-H1 pdf
- 03/05/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1142ER) pdf
- 04/09/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0852) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/21/99 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 990789811
- 01/21/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/27/99 Senate: Reported from General Laws with amds. (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/99 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/99 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 01/29/99 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/29/99 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 01/29/99 Senate: Printed as engrossed 990789811-E
- 02/01/99 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/99 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/03/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/99 House: Read first time
- 02/04/99 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/08/99 House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 6
- 02/23/99 House: Committee substitute printed 991605180-H1
- 02/23/99 House: Reported from General Laws with sub. (26-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/99 House: Read second time
- 02/25/99 House: Read third time
- 02/25/99 House: Committee substitute agreed to 991605180-H1
- 02/25/99 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 991605180-H1
- 02/25/99 House: Passed House with substitute (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/25/99 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/99 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/99 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1142ER)
- 03/12/99 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/99 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 852 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/09/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0852)