ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2277
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Passed March 12, 1999; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section eight, article two, chapter
five-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to adding four
members to the tourism commission and allowing for the
appointment of two members from the public sector.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eight, article two, chapter five-b of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WEST VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
§5B-2-8. Tourism commission created; members, appointment and expenses.
(a) There is hereby created within the West Virginia development office an independent tourism commission, which is a
body corporate and politic, constituting a public corporation and
government instrumentality. Membership on the council shall
consist of thirteen members:
(1) Nine members to be appointed by the governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate, representing participants in
the state's tourism industry. At least seven of the members
shall be from the private sector. Of the nine members so
appointed, one shall represent a convention and visitors bureau
and another shall be a member of a convention and visitors
bureau. In making the appointments the governor may select from
a list provided by the West Virginia hospitality and travel
association of qualified applicants. Of the nine members so
appointed, no more than three shall be from each congressional
district within the state and shall be appointed to provide the
broadest geographic distribution which is feasible;
(2) One member to be appointed by the governor from the
membership of the council for community and economic development
created pursuant to the provisions of section two of this
article;
(3) One member to be appointed by the governor to represent
public sector nonstate participants in the tourism industry
within the state;
(4) The secretary of transportation or his or her designee,
ex officio; and
(5) The director of the division of natural resources or his
or her designee, ex officio.
(b) Each member appointed by the governor shall serve
staggered terms of four years. Any member whose term has expired
shall serve until his or her successor has been appointed. Any
person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the
unexpired term. Any member shall be eligible for reappointment.
In cases of vacancy in the office of member, such vacancy shall
be filled by the governor in the same manner as the original
appointment.
(c) Members of the commission shall not be entitled to
compensation for services performed as members. A majority of
these members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of
conducting business. The governor shall appoint a chair of the
commission for a term to run concurrent with the term of the office of the member appointed to be the chair. The chair is
eligible for successive terms in that position.