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Economic Development and Tourism Committee, Kentucky General Assembly (decommissioned)

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The Economic Development & Tourism Committee is a former interim joint committee of the Kentucky General Assembly.

Function

In 2014, the Kentucky State Legislature described the function of this committee as outlined below.

The Economic Development and Tourism Committee studies "matters pertaining to commerce, industry, and economic and industrial development not specifically assigned to another committee; economic development planning; international trade and investment; investment companies and industrial loan corporations as they relate to economic and industrial development; recruitment of business and industry; small-business matters relative to economic and industrial development; financing of business and industrial development; business regulatory matters, including the Uniform Commercial Code, relative to economic and industrial development; worker training; technology development and application; chambers of commerce; convention centers and publicly owned exhibition and parking facilities; arts and arts exhibition facilities; state, interstate, and national parks and historic sites; and travel promotion and advertising."[1][2]

Membership

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership for the 2015 legislative session.

Economic Development and Tourism Members, 2015
Democratic members (28)Republican members (21)
John Short, Co-ChairAlice Forgy Kerr, Co-Chair
Perry ClarkCarroll Gibson
Reginald ThomasKevin Bratcher
Lawrence ClarkChris Girdler
George A. Brown Jr.Jim DeCesare
Mitchel Denham, Jr.Bob DeWeese
Hubert CollinsMyron Dossett
Jim Gooch, Jr.Mike Harmon
Leslie CombsKim King
Jeffery DonohueErnie Harris
Chris HarrisDavid Osborne
Dennis HorlanderJimmy Higdon
Cluster HowardJill York
Dennis KeeneThomas Kerr
Martha KingWil Schroder
Thomas McKeeMike Wilson
Terry MillsMax Wise
James KayLynn Bechler
Ruth PalumboTim Couch
John ShortBrian Linder
Fitz SteeleRussell Webber
Wilson Stone
Tommy Thompson
Denise Angel
Dean Schamore
Arnold Simpson
David Watkins
Gerald Watkins

2011-2012

The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

2009-2010

The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

External links

Footnotes

  1. Kentucky State Legislature, "Economic Development and Tourism Committee," accessed January 31, 2014
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.