Hotel: means any structure, or any portion of any structure, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist court, tourist camp, tourist cabin, motel, short-term rental unit or any place in which rooms, lodgings or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration. See Tennessee Code 7-4-101
Metropolitan government: means the political entity created by consolidation of all, or substantially all, of the political and corporate functions of a county and a city or cities. See Tennessee Code 7-1-101
sex: means a person's immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth and evidence of a person's biological sex. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Tourist commission: means a seven-person body established subject to the same local organic law as other boards and commissions established by the charter of the metropolitan government. See Tennessee Code 7-4-101
(1) For the purpose of promoting tourist, convention, and recreational activity, authorization is granted to establish, and there shall be established, a tourist commission of either seven (7) members or nine (9) members as provided in this section. This commission shall be comprised of persons selected by the mayor of the metropolitan government in the following manner:
(A) Three (3) commissioners from a list of five (5) persons submitted by the hotel and motel association, or if expanded pursuant to subdivision (a)(2), four (4) commissioners from a list of not less than six (6) persons submitted by the hotel and motel association;(B) One (1) commissioner from a list of three (3) persons submitted by the area chamber of commerce; and(C) Three (3) commissioners selected by the mayor of the metropolitan government from tourist related industries, or, if expanded pursuant to subdivision (2), four (4) commissioners selected by the mayor of the metropolitan government from tourist related industries.(2) At least two (2) of the members of the commission shall be selected from minorities, as well as members of the sex that historically have been underrepresented on the tourist commission. If a county with a metropolitan form of government having a population of not less than four hundred seventy thousand (470,000) nor more than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, creates a tourist commission consisting of nine (9) members, at least two (2) of the members of the tourist commission shall be appointed consistent with this subdivision (a)(2).(b) The commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years, and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner that original appointments are made but shall be for the duration of the unexpired term only; commencing in 1988, the terms of the commissioners shall be of such length and so arranged that the terms of one third (1/3) of the commission shall expire each year.(c) As relating to budgetary and fiscal matters and expenditures, the commission shall be subject to the same provisions of the local organic law as the other boards and commissions established by the charter of the metropolitan government, and the commission shall be responsible for preparing and submitting a budget for all funds to be expendable pursuant to § 7-4-110(a)(1) and (2) for appropriate action by the metropolitan government.
