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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 31
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To suspend until sixty days after final adjournment of the 2021 Regular Session of the
Legislature of Louisiana the provisions of R.S. 51:1286(C)(2)(c) that limit the
amount of funds used by the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the
purchase of in-state media advertisement to not more than ten percent of all funds
used for the purchase of media advertisement.
WHEREAS, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Department of Culture, Recreation
and Tourism has suspended all international advertising and reduced its national advertising
for the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the travel and tourism industry is vital to the Louisiana economy,
generating over one billion dollars of state and local sales tax and employing over two
hundred thirty thousand people, making it the fourth highest employer in the state; and
WHEREAS, the travel and tourism industry is made up of local businesses that need
financial assistance during this uncertain time and could be stimulated by increased domestic
travel or tourism; and
WHEREAS, the collections of the sales and use tax levied in R.S. 51:1286 are
pledged to the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to assist the state in the
promotion of tourism, but the amount of monies that may be used by the department for the
purchase of in-state media advertisement may not exceed ten percent of all funds used for
the purchase of media advertisement; and
WHEREAS, suspending the ten percent limitation would allow for increased in-state
media advertisement, thereby promoting in-state travel and tourism.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby suspends
the provisions of R.S. 51:1286(C)(2)(c) that limit the amount of funds used by the
Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for the purchase of in-state media
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advertisement to not more than ten percent of all funds used for the purchase of media
advertisement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this suspension shall become effective upon
adoption of this Resolution and shall extend through the sixtieth day after final adjournment
of the 2021 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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