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Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2009

E 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 and providing for the acceptance of gifts, grants and +endowments;
transitional provisions; repealing the DEED office of tourism (je, ja)