BILL NUMBER: AB 1778INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lieu FEBRUARY 9, 2010 An act to add Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 6096) to Division 7 of the Government Code, relating to state promotions. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1778, as introduced, Lieu. State agency promotions: commercials. Existing law establishes the California Tourism Marketing Act as a means of funding generic promotion of this state as a tourism destination. This bill would require any department, commission, office, agency, or other administrative entity of the state that produces, or contracts for the production of, a promotional commercial for the state or a product of the state, and finances that commercial in whole or in part with public funds, to film that commercial in this state. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 6096) is added to Division 7 of the Government Code, to read: CHAPTER 1.7. OFFICIAL PROMOTIONAL COMMERCIALS 6096. Any department, commission, office, agency, or other administrative entity of the state that produces, or contracts for the production of, a promotional commercial for the state or a product of the state, and finances that commercial in whole or in part with public funds, shall require that commercial to be filmed in this state.