California Travel and Tourism Commission: trade promotion.

Existing law, the California Tourism Marketing Act, provides for the creation of a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation named the California Travel and Tourism Commission for the purpose of increasing the number of persons traveling to and within California. Existing law also authorizes the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing to exercise specified powers in relation to the commission. This bill would require the secretary to direct the commission to conduct a review of its principal mission and core competencies in order to determine if the commission should include trade promotion in its strategic marketing plan or other future plans of the commission, as specified. The bill would require the secretary to direct the commission to report its findings to the Legislature no later than December 31, 2013. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2014.