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House Bill 2037 would expand travel-and-tourism council, shift grant allocation rules
Summary
House Bill 2037 would increase gubernatorial appointees to the Kansas Council on Travel and Tourism, add three organization-specific seats, and change the statematching grant allocation so up to 50% may go to private entities; bill sponsor and Commerce Department staff outlined the changes at a committee hearing.
House Bill 2037, which would expand the governor's Council on Travel and Tourism and alter how the state distributes certain tourism matching grants, was presented at a Commerce Committee hearing.
The bill would replace legislative members from the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources with members from the House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development and increase the number of gubernatorial appointees on the council from 11 to 14. Under the bill, six of those appointees would represent the general public and eight would represent specific organizations required to provide three nominations to the governor. The three additional, organization-specific seats would be reserved for the National Independent Venue Association, the Kansas Museums Association…
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