Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as public industrial and commercial establishments

The Tourist Office is administered by a Management Committee and managed by a Director.

The members representing the local authority or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation hold the majority of seats on the Tourist Office Management Board.

The Director runs the Tourist Office under the authority of the President. He or she is appointed under the conditions laid down by decree. He may not be a local councillor. Their appointment and dismissal are decided by a decision of the Management Committee on a proposal from the Chairman.

The revenue side of the Office’s budget comprises the proceeds of : 1° Subsidies ; 2° Specific subscriptions and offers of assistance; 3° Donations and legacies; 4° The tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax defined in article L. 2333-26 of the General Local Authorities Code, if it is levied in the municipality, municipalities or fractions of municipalities concerned, or paid back to the municipality by the Lyon metropolitan authority; 5°…

The Office’s budget and accounts, deliberated by the Management Committee, are submitted for approval to the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public institution for inter-communal cooperation.

The Tourist Office set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment must be consulted on projects for collective tourist facilities. A Tourist Office set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment may delegate all or part of its reception and information duties to existing organisations working in this area.

Decrees in the Conseil d’Etat determine the conditions for the application of this section and its adaptation to the different categories of classified resorts, in particular : -resorts whose jurisdiction extends over several communes or parts of communes. In this case, they must prescribe prior consultation of the municipal councils concerned and, where appropriate, their equitable representation on the management committee; -resorts whose equipment and operation have been the subject…