Ch. 471

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e) The Fund consists of:

(1) Moneys appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; and

(2) All funds accepted by the Board in accordance with § 4-206 of this

subtitle.

(f) Expenditures from the Fund may be made only by the Board in accordance
with an appropriation.

(g) (1) In this subsection, "Governor's proposed general fund appropriation"
means the General Fund appropriation included by the Governor in the annual budget
bill as submitted to the General Assembly, including any proposed supplemental budget,
before any amendment by the General Assembly.

(2) [For each of Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, and 1998 the] THE Governor shall
include in the annual budget bill a proposed General Fund appropriation to the Fund in
an amount not less than [ $3,000,000]:

(I) $4,000,000, FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999;

(II) $5,000,000, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000; AND

(III) $6,000,000, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 AND SUBSEQUENT FISCAL

YEARS.

(3) For each [of Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, and 1998] FISCAL YEAR, in
addition to any appropriation for tourism marketing from the Maryland Tourism
Development Board Fund, the Governor shall include in the annual budget bill submitted
to the General Assembly a General Fund appropriation for the Office of Tourism
Development in an amount not less than the amount of the Governor's proposed General
Fund appropriation for the Office of Tourism Development for Fiscal Year 1995.

Chapter 111 or the Acts of 1994

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the intent of this Act is to
generate a substantia] increase in the State's effort towards tourism advertising and
promotion. Toward that end, the Office of Tourism Development shall spend in each [of
Fiscal Years 1996, 1997, and 1998] FISCAL YEAR on tourism marketing a portion of their
budget appropriation not less than the portion of their 1995 budget appropriation spent
on such purposes.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That on or before December 1
of [1995, 1996, and 1997] EACH YEAR, the Maryland Tourism Development Board,
together with the Secretary of [Economic and Employment] BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC
Development, shall submit to the Legislative Policy Committee of the General Assembly
a report addressing the following:

(1) The specific use of the tourism advertising funds provided by this Act;

(2) Data quantifying the success of Maryland's increased tourism marketing

efforts;

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