Section 13A Office of travel and tourism; establishment; executive director; appointment; powers and duties - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 13A. There shall be within the department of economic development an office of travel and tourism, hereinafter tourism, which shall be under the supervision and control of an executive director. The powers and duties given to the executive director of tourism in this chapter and in any other general or special law shall be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the director of economic development.

The tourism executive director shall be appointed by the director of business and technology, with the approval of the governor and the secretary of economic development, and may, with like approval, be removed. The position of tourism executive director shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the tourism executive director shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of the office of travel and tourism and shall give to the state treasurer a bond for the faithful performance of his duties.

The executive director of tourism shall be the executive and administrative head of tourism and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of law relative to tourism and to any administrative unit thereof. Powers and duties given to any administrative unit of tourism by any general or special law shall be exercised subject to the direction, control and supervision of the executive director of tourism.

The tourism executive director may, subject to approval by the director of economic development, adopt, amend, alter or repeal and shall enforce, all such reasonable rules, regulations and orders as may be necessary or suitable for the administration and performance of the duties of tourism as set out in sections eleven through fourteen, inclusive, of chapter twenty-three A and any other special or general law.