Creating explore Minnesota tourism as an office in the executive +branch with a director to be appointed by the governor and transferring tourism +functions from the department of employment and economic development to explore+ Minnesota tourism; defining certain terms; stating the mission of explore +Minnesota tourism and providing for organization of the office; creating the +explore Minnesota tourism council to advise the director, specifying certain +membership representation requirements, members to be appointed by the governor; specifying certain duties of the director; providing for the +expenditure of funds to promote tourism; prohibiting certain agreements; authorizing+ the director to sell reports, publications or related publicity or +promotional materials, specifying certain fee requirements; authorizing +advertising in publications and the receipt of advertising revenue, requiring the +director to set advertising rates and fees; providing for the deposit of revenue +received by the office and appropriating receipts to the director for office +purposes; authorizing the director to establish nonprofit corporations and +charitable foundations; transitional provisions; repealing the DEED office of +tourism (ra)