ASSEMBLY, No. 2471

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 10, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  CHRIS A. BROWN

District 2 (Atlantic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to create webpage listing wall murals in NJ.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning tourism and the arts and supplementing P.L.1977, c.225 (C.34:1A-45 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    In addition to the powers and duties of the Division of Travel and Tourism in the Department of State as provided in section 9 of P.L.1977, c.225 (C.34:1A-53), the division shall create and maintain a list of large-scale wall murals located within the State and provide information about them, including the address of each wall mural, on the division's Internet website.  The information shall be searchable and available in an interactive format through the division's Internet website, and shall be provided in conjunction with information about other nearby destinations for visitors to explore, including other artistic and historic sites and places available for dining, entertainment, recreation, and shopping.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would require the Division of Travel and Tourism to create and maintain a list of large-scale wall murals located within the State and provide information about them, including the address of each wall mural, on the division's website.  The information would be searchable and available in an interactive format through the division's website, and would be provided in conjunction with information about other nearby destinations for visitors to explore, including other artistic and historic sites and places available for dining, entertainment, recreation, and shopping.

     Currently, the Division of Travel and Tourism maintains an interactive website that users can use to search for arts and cultural destinations in the State; however, the search function does not filter results related to wall murals specifically.