Bill Text: MN HF3183 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Mille Lacs Tourism Council grant money transferred from Explore Minnesota Tourism.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-28 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means [HF3183 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF3183-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to tourism; transferring money for a grant to the Mille Lacs Tourism
1.3Council;amending Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 5.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5    Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 1, section 5, is amended to read:
1.6
Sec. 5. EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM
$
13,988,000
$
13,988,000
1.7(a) To develop maximum private sector
1.8involvement in tourism, $500,000 in fiscal
1.9year 2014 and $500,000 in fiscal year 2015
1.10must be matched by Explore Minnesota
1.11Tourism from nonstate sources. Each $1 of
1.12state incentive must be matched with $6 of
1.13private sector funding. Cash match is defined
1.14as revenue to the state or documented cash
1.15expenditures directly expended to support
1.16Explore Minnesota Tourism programs. Up
1.17to one-half of the private sector contribution
1.18may be in-kind or soft match. The incentive
1.19in fiscal year 2014 shall be based on fiscal
1.20year 2013 private sector contributions. The
1.21incentive in fiscal year 2015 shall be based on
1.22fiscal year 2014 private sector contributions.
1.23This incentive is ongoing.
2.1Funding for the marketing grants is available
2.2either year of the biennium. Unexpended
2.3grant funds from the first year are available
2.4in the second year.
2.5(b) $100,000 of the second year appropriation
2.6is for a grant to the Mille Lacs Tourism
2.7Council to enhance marketing activities
2.8related to tourism promotion in the Mille
2.9Lacs Lake area.
2.10(c) $100,000 of the second year appropriation
2.11is for additional marketing activities.
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