(1) "Agency" means the Agency of Commerce and Community Development.

(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Marketing and Tourism.

(3) "Regional travel and tourism marketing association" means a nonprofit corporation, cooperative, or other nonprofit organization formed under the laws of this State whose principal purpose is to promote, organize, or accomplish the enhancement of travel and tourism for a particular region of this State, including marketing and promotional activities, technical assistance to regional travel and tourism business to enhance their marketing and promotional efforts, arrangement of conventions, trade shows, and promotional activities in order to attract the traveling public to the region, and the provision of information to the traveling public with regard to regional attractions. (Added 1995, No. 46, § 38; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a), (d).)