Said Committee shall be composed of the following fifteen (15) members:
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, who shall be the Chair of the Committee;
(b) The Executive Director of the Tourism Company;
(c) One (1) representative of the Executive Committee of the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association;
(d) One (1) representative of the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau.
(e) Three (3) representatives of the entrepreneurial, industrial, and business sector of Puerto Rico;
(f) One (1) representative of the cultural and patrimonial sector of Puerto Rico with over ten (10) years of experience;
(g) Two (2) representatives of the academia, one representative of a private university and one representative of the public university both from different disciplines within the marketing, hotel, and/or tourism fields;
(h) One (1) representative of the Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Executives Association;
(i) One (1) representative of the Asociación de Paradores de Puerto Rico.
The other three (3) members shall be the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company, the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, and the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Film Corporation, who shall be ex officio members. The Committee shall be attached to the Department. Except for the Executive Director of the Department, the Executive Director of the Tourism Company, the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company, the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company, and the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Film Corporation, all other members shall be appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a term of ten (10) years, or until their successors are appointed and take office.
The Committee members shall neither earn a salary for their services nor be entitled to a per diem.
History —July 23, 2013, No. 70, § 6.