122.07 Promoting state of Ohio. - Ohio Statutes

122.07 Promoting state of Ohio.

(A) The department of development may do either of the following:

(1) Disseminate information concerning the industrial, commercial, governmental, educational, cultural, recreational, agricultural, and other advantages and attractions of the state;

(2) Provide technical assistance to public and private agencies in the preparation of promotional programs designed to attract business, industry, and tourists to the state.

(B) Records related to tourism market research submitted to or generated by the research office of the division of travel and tourism of the department of development, and any information taken for any purpose from such research, are not public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The department may use, however, such tourism market research in a public report if the director of the department determines that issuing and distributing the report would promote or market the state’s travel and tourism industry or otherwise advance the purposes of this section.

Effective Date: 09-26-1996