Effective - 28 Aug 1985
67.683. Tourism board, appointment — qualifications — term — duties — staff authorized. — 1. In each county where a tourism sales tax is levied and collected throughout or in any part of the county under the provisions of sections 67.671 to 67.685, the governing body of the county shall appoint a tourism board consisting of seven members, who shall be active in the travel industry, and no more than four shall be of the same political party affiliation as the presiding commissioner.
2. Members shall be appointed for three-year terms, but of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, three shall be appointed for terms of two years, and three shall be appointed for terms of three years.
3. Members shall serve only while actively engaged in the business which they represent, and each shall be a resident of the county from which he is appointed.
4. The tourism board shall determine in what manner moneys within the county advertising and tourism promotion trust fund will be expended, and disbursements from the fund shall be made strictly in accordance with the directions of the board. Expenditures from the fund may be made for the employment of personnel selected by the board to engage in advertising and promotion activities, and the board is expressly empowered to employ such personnel.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 129 § 7)