Section 4. The Department of Commerce, in order to promote and develop business, industry and commerce in the Commonwealth, shall have the power, and its duty shall be, to plan and conduct a program of information, advertising and publicity relating to the business, industrial, commercial, agricultural, educational, recreational, scenic, historic, highway and residential facilities, advantages and attractions of the Commonwealth, including any political subdivisions thereof, which may include newspaper, magazine, outdoor and radio advertising, both within and without the limits of the Commonwealth. The department shall encourage and, so far as it is practicable to do so, coordinate the activities of persons, firms, associations, corporations and other organizations engaged in publicizing and promoting such facilities, advantages and attractions of the Commonwealth, or any political subdivision thereof.
Compiler's Note: The Department of Commerce, referred to in
this section, was renamed the Department of Community and
Economic Development by Act 58 of 1996.