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Committee hears HB 2037 to add tourism council members, rebalance attraction grants; no vote recorded
Summary
HB 2037 would add three seats to the Travel and Tourism Advisory Council, change the State Matching Grant Program allocation from 75/25 in favor of public/nonprofit entities to a 50/50 split with for‑profits, and remove a percentage cap that limited grants to a single entity; the committee held a hearing but did not vote on the bill.
Charles Reimer, a revisor for the legislature, summarized HB 2037 to the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development as a bill that would change council membership and alter how Tourism’s attraction development matching grants are allocated.
Reimer said the bill adds three members to the advisory council that advises the secretary of commerce on tourism development: a Kansas resident representative nominated by the National Independent Venue Association, a representative of the Kansas Museums Association and a representative of the Kansas Sampler Foundation. "It adds 3 members, 3 additional members to that council, that are representatives of organizations that…
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