§ 1:100. Created; purpose.

(a)

Pursuant to the authority granted under Article VI, Sections 19 and 30 of the Constitution of Louisiana of 1974, and pursuant to R.S. 33:4574 et seq., the legislature of the State of Louisiana has created and established the Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (currently known as "Visit Baton Rouge") for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, developing and/or carrying out programs and activities designed to attract and promote conventions and tourism in and to the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge, all as authorized in Act No. 47 of the Louisiana Legislature of 1995 and as further provided in this Part. Said creation was effective July 1, 1996.

(b)

Pursuant to the provisions of Act 256 of the Louisiana Legislature of 2012 changing the name of the Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau to Visit Baton Rouge, the bureau shall henceforth be known as Visit Baton Rouge.

(Ord. No. 15407, § I, 10-24-12)