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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="4-214" title_number="4" title_name="Tourism, Film, and the Arts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Tourism Development Board">
  <text>The Board shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>set policies for spending money on tourism advertising, written and graphic materials, cooperative and matching promotional programs, and other tourism and travel developmental and promotional activities for the State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>spend money of the Fund to plan, advertise, promote, assist, and develop the tourism and travel industries in the State; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>provide grants to destination marketing organizations for the purpose of attracting visitors to the State of not less than:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>$2,350,000 in total for fiscal year 2011; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>$2,500,000 in total for fiscal year 2012 and for each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
