HLS 20RS-1290 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 31
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS
TAX/SALES & USE: Suspends provision of law capping amount of revenue which can be
spent on in-state advertising
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To suspend until sixty days after final adjournment of the 2021 Regular Session of the
3 Legislature of Louisiana the provisions of R.S. 51:1286(C)(2)(c) that limit the
4 amount of funds used by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the
5 purchase of in-state media advertisement to not more than ten percent of all funds
6 used for the purchase of media advertisement.
7 WHEREAS, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Department of Culture, Recreation
8and Tourism has suspended all international advertising and reduced its national advertising
9for the state of Louisiana; and
10 WHEREAS, the travel and tourism industry is vital to the Louisiana economy,
11generating over one billion dollars of state and local sales tax and employing over two
12hundred thirty thousand people, making it the fourth highest employer in the state; and
13 WHEREAS, the travel and tourism industry is made up of local businesses that need
14financial assistance during this uncertain time and could be stimulated by increased domestic
15travel or tourism; and
16 WHEREAS, the collections of the sales and use tax levied in R.S. 51:1286 are
17pledged to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to assist the state in the
18promotion of tourism, but the amount of monies that may be used by the department for the
19purchase of in-state media advertisement may not exceed ten percent of all funds used for
20the purchase of media advertisement; and
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HCR NO. 31
1 WHEREAS, suspending the ten percent limitation would allow for increased in-state
2media advertisement, thereby promoting in-state travel and tourism.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby suspends
4the provisions of R.S. 51:1286(C)(2)(c) that limit the amount of funds used by the
5Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the purchase of in-state media
6advertisement to not more than ten percent of all funds used for the purchase of media
7advertisement.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this suspension shall become effective upon
9adoption of this Resolution and shall extend through the sixtieth day after final adjournment
10of the 2021 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 31 Original 2020 Regular Session Edmonds
Suspends provisions of present law, relative to the restriction of the amount of funds used
by the Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the purchase of in-state media
advertisement.
(Suspends R.S. 51:1286(C)(2)(c))
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