Senate Bill 2565

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD TO ADVISE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON STRATEGIES FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING TOURISM IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD; TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE DESIGNATED THE TOURISM ADVERTISING AND MARKETING FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE FUND SHALL BE USED TO DEFRAY COSTS INCURRED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN ADVERTISING AND MARKETING MISSISSIPPI AS A TOURISM DESTINATION; TO ESTABLISH A FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST A NEW FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THE STATE'S TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVERTISING AND MARKETING BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2015; TO PROVIDE THAT STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2014 AND ENDING IN FISCAL YEAR 2018 THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE SHALL CALCULATE THE GROWTH IN FISCAL YEAR SALES TAX REVENUE FROM CERTAIN DEFINED CATEGORIES THAT ARE RELATED TO TOURISM AND CERTIFY THAT AMOUNT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE AMOUNT SO CERTIFIED IS GREATER THAN ZERO, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL TRANSFER THAT AMOUNT TO THE TOURISM ADVERTISING AND MARKETING FUND CREATED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT SO TRANSFERRED SHALL NOT EXCEED $15,000,000.00 IN ANY FISCAL YEAR ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, SHALL REVIEW THE PILOT PROGRAM AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON WHETHER TO MAKE THE FUNDING MECHANISM PERMANENT AND, IF SO, WHETHER ANY CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE TO IT; TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES WITH RESPECT TO TOURISM AND TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO PERFORM AN ANNUAL RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT STUDY ANALYZING THE DEPARTMENT'S SUCCESS PROMOTING MISSISSIPPI TOURISM AND FILE A REPORT CONTAINING THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WITH THE GOVERNOR, THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE AND THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the Senate

• Melanie Sojourner

  Sponsor

• Senate floor amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Feb 15

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Mar 12

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In the Senate Jan 21 – Feb 12

1. Jan 21Referred to the Senate committees on Tourism and on Appropriations
2. Jan 28Reported from TO to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
3. Feb 5Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
4. Feb 12Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 12 – Mar 12

1. Feb 12Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
2. Feb 15Reconsidered in the Senate
3. Amended in the Senate
4. Passed the Senate as amended
5. Feb 19Sent to the House
6. Feb 21Referred to the House committees on Tourism and on Appropriations
7. Feb 27Reported as amended from TO to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
8. Mar 5Reported as amended from AP to TO in the House: title sufficient, do pass
9. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
10. Read the third time in the House
11. Mar 12Amended in the House
12. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 13 – Apr 4

1. Mar 13Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
2. Mar 19Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
3. Mar 29Conferees named in the Senate: Chassaniol, Sojourner and Clarke
4. Conferees named in the House: Martinson, Holland and DeLano
5. Apr 1Conference report filed in the Senate
6. Conference report filed in the House
7. Apr 2Recommitted in the Senate to the conferees for further conference
8. Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
9. Apr 4Died in conference in the Senate