| 1 | 1 | | By: Hunter H.B. No. 3636 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the promotion of the cruise industry in this state by |
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| 7 | 7 | | the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 481, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 481.175 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 481.175. TEXAS CRUISE INDUSTRY STRATEGY PROGRAM. |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | The office may establish and implement a program for the promotion |
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| 14 | 14 | | of the cruise industry in this state. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The office may conduct studies regarding the cruise |
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| 16 | 16 | | industry in this state. The studies may include, but are not |
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| 17 | 17 | | limited to, information that: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) assesses the potential economic effect of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | expansion of existing cruise terminals and the construction of new |
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| 20 | 20 | | cruise terminals in this state; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) identifies potential funding sources for public |
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| 22 | 22 | | and private expansion of existing cruise terminals and the |
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| 23 | 23 | | construction of new cruise terminals in this state; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) recommends any legislative changes necessary to |
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| 25 | 25 | | expand and improve the cruise industry in this state. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) Not later than September 1 of each even numbered year, |
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| 27 | 27 | | the office may submit to each standing committee of the legislature |
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| 28 | 28 | | with primary jurisdiction over economic development a report |
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| 29 | 29 | | detailing the findings of any study conducted under Subsection (b). |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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