Amendment #541 to H5150

Visitation and Local Economic Marketing

Ms. Blais of Sunderland moves to amend the bill in Section 2 by inserting after item 7002-2020 the following new item"

"XXXX-XXXX For a competitive grant program administered by the office of travel and tourism to provide tourism and cultural marketing funds to businesses and regional tourism councils for the purpose of promoting and advertising in-state tourism in order to create jobs, support tourism- related businesses in the commonwealth and stimulate the state and local economies of the

commonwealth; provided, that not less than $6,000,000 shall be allocated to regional tourism

councils in order to provide regional advertising, public relations and other marketing initiatives

that will promote in-state tourism and encourage the upholding of necessary public health and

social distancing protocols relative to the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. .............$10,000,000.".

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #541 to H5150

Visitation and Local Economic Marketing