The Accommodations Tax Advisory Committee shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;
(B) To appoint committees and sub-committees;
(C) To advise the County Council on the expenditure of accommodations tax funds designated by law to promote tourism in the county;
(D) To receive and expend grants, appropriations, gifts and donations from any public or private source for the operation, expansion or improvement of projects of the committee or for the acquisition of property, real or personal;
(E) To solicit from individuals and organizations requests or proposals to promote tourism in the county through advertising, promotion and providing those facilities and services which enhance the marketability of the county to attract and provide for tourists;
(F) To conduct studies necessary to develop a recommended annual work program for submission to the County Council;
(G) To make recommendations to the County Council on the expenditure of all revenues generated from the accommodations tax, as provided for under S.C. Code §§ 12-35-710 through 12-35-730; and
(H) To establish and implement such policies and carry on projects as may be advisable to effect and carry out the objectives of this section; subject, however, to the availability of funds; provided further that the committee shall not make any agreement or contract involving or requiring an expenditure of funds in excess of those funds appropriated by the County Council or made available to the committee from other sources.
(‘77 Code, § 8-12) (Ord. 185, passed 4-1-85; Am. Ord. 886, passed 9-15-86; Am. Ord. 1589, passed 3-6-89)