§100.55. Louisiana Tourism Revival Program

            A. The Louisiana Tourism Revival Program is established to provide grants to local and regional tourist commissions for marketing and promoting Louisiana as a tourism destination for in-state and out-of-state travel activity. The division of administration shall administer the program.

            B. The division of administration shall establish a program portal in which applications shall be submitted, and the division shall publish information on the program. The program portal page shall be operational no later than August 31, 2021.

            C. In order to qualify to receive a grant award, the recipient shall be an official tourism commission, convention and visitors bureau, or official destination marketing organization.

            D. The division of administration shall submit a plan for the administration and structure of the program to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget by July 31, 2021, for review and approval at the monthly August meeting. No grants shall be awarded prior to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approving the plan submitted by the division of administration.

            E. The division of administration may utilize an amount not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars collectively from the Louisiana Port Relief Fund and the Louisiana Tourism Revival Fund for administrative expenses associated with the Louisiana Port Relief Program and the Louisiana Tourism Revival Program.

            Acts 2021, No. 410, §1, eff. June 17, 2021.