§ 26-75-605 - Advertising and promotion commissions.
26-75-605. Advertising and promotion commissions.
(a) Any municipality levying a tax pursuant to this subchapter shall create by ordinance a municipal advertising and promotion commission, to be composed of seven (7) members, as follows:
(1) (A) Four (4) members shall be owners or managers of businesses in the tourism industry, and the owner or manager shall reside in the levying municipality or, if the governing body of the municipality provides for by ordinance, the owner or manager may reside outside of the municipality but within the county where the municipality is located.
(B) At least three (3) of these members shall be owners or managers of hotels, motels, or restaurants and shall serve for staggered terms of four (4) years;
(2) Two (2) members of the commission shall be members of the governing body of the municipality and selected by the governing body and shall serve at the will of the governing body; and
(3) One (1) member shall be from the public at large who shall reside within the levying municipality or in the county of the levying municipality and shall serve for a term of four (4) years.
(b) In the case of a city creating the commission authorized in this section after March 4, 1993, the initial members of the commission shall be selected as follows:
(1) The four (4) tourism industry positions provided for in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be filled by appointment made by the governing body of the city for staggered terms so that:
(A) One (1) member will serve for a term of one (1) year;
(B) One (1) for a term of two (2) years;
(C) One (1) for a term of three (3) years; and
(D) One (1) for a term of four (4) years.
(2) The at-large position provided for in subdivision (a)(3) of this section shall be filled by nomination by the chief administrator of the city and approval by the governing body of the city.
(c) (1) In the case of a city in which a city advertising and promotion commission exists on March 4, 1993, the members of the commission shall continue in office for the balance of the terms to which they have been previously appointed.
(2) However, if on that date no commission member has been appointed to hold an at-large position, the mayor shall designate one (1) of the commission members who is also a member of the governing body of the city to fill the at-large position provided for in subdivision (a)(3) of this section for a term of not longer than one (1) year.
(d) Whether resulting from expiration of a regular term or otherwise, a vacancy on the commission in any of the four (4) tourism industry positions provided for in subdivision (a)(1) of this section or in the at-large position provided for in subdivision (a)(3) of this section shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining members of the commission, with the approval of the governing body of the city.