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This bill amends the Regional Convention and Tourism Promotion Act by updating various definitions related to tourism and convention promotion. The bill primarily modifies language referring to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, replacing references to its chief executive officer with a new "bureau of fair competition and free enterprise" director. The bill also makes several minor technical changes, such as updating terminology from "shall" to "does" and clarifying time-related language. Key definitional updates include renaming the travel bureau as "Travel Michigan" (which was done by a previous executive order), and refining definitions for terms like "municipality," "transient facility," and "marketing program." The bill maintains the core purpose of supporting regional convention and tourism promotion by establishing clear definitions for how tourism bureaus operate, what constitutes a transient facility, and how assessments for tourism promotion can be levied. Notably, the bill is tied to another piece of legislation (Senate Bill 631) and will only take effect if that companion bill is also enacted into law.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0640