231.015 - Interagency Committee for Coordinating Tourism and Economic Development.

231.015  Interagency Committee for Coordinating Tourism and Economic Development.

      1.  The Interagency Committee for Coordinating Tourism and Economic Development is hereby created. The Committee consists of the Governor, who is its Chair, the Lieutenant Governor, who is its Vice Chair, the Director of the Commission on Tourism, the Executive Director of the Commission on Economic Development and such other members as the Governor may from time to time appoint. The appointed members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

      2.  The Committee shall meet at the call of the Governor.

      3.  The Committee shall:

      (a) Identify the strengths and weaknesses in state and local governmental agencies which enhance or diminish the possibilities of tourism and economic development in this State.

      (b) Foster coordination and cooperation among state and local governmental agencies, and enlist the cooperation and assistance of federal agencies, in carrying out the policies and programs of the Commission on Tourism and the Commission on Economic Development.

      (c) Formulate cooperative agreements between the Commission on Tourism or the Commission on Economic Development, and state and other public agencies pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, so that each of those commissions may receive applications from and, as appropriate, give governmental approval for necessary permits and licenses to persons who wish to promote tourism, develop industry or produce motion pictures in this State.

      4.  The Governor may from time to time establish regional or local subcommittees to work on regional or local problems of economic development or the promotion of tourism.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1161; A 1985, 403; 2007, 997)