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Committee advances bill allowing mayor or judge executive to specify city- or county-based tourism commissioners
Summary
The House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Interim Committee voted to advance House Bill 552, which replaces the word “jurisdiction” with explicit references to “county” or “city” for tourism commission appointments and updates chair terminology; the bill drew support from local officials and statewide municipal groups.
The House Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Interim Committee voted to advance House Bill 552, a measure to let local executives specify whether tourism commission seats must be filled by residents of a city or of the surrounding county, members said at the committee's first meeting of the 2025 interim session.
Proponents said the change is designed to preserve representation for smaller communities on local tourism commissions. "This is really a measure to make sure that our smaller communities still have representation and able to have a voice on their local tourist commissions," said John Sims, Fleming…
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