The Warren County Tourist Promotion Commission of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was established in 1973 by authority of Senate Bill 2322 of the 1973 Session of the MS Legislature with the purpose of encouraging and promoting tourism for the Vicksburg/Warren County area. In 1987, the Warren County Tourist Promotion Commission became the Vicksburg/Warren Convention and Visitors Bureau – a change in name only. The most recent amendment to the legislation is House Bill 1640 passed in the 2007 Session of the MS Legislature. A copy is on file in the Bureau offices. The State of MS Dept of Finance & Administration (Treasury) issues monthly payments to the Vicksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau from a 1% Food & Lodging Tax collections of the gross proceeds of sales or gross income of restaurants, hotels and motels located in Warren County. The Bureau (operating as Visit Vicksburg) is Vicksburg’s liaison between potential visitors to the area and the businesses which will host them when they come. It acts as a marketing organization, as an information clearing house and as a promotional agency for the City/County and its attractions. The responsibility for the operation of the Bureau rests with a Board of Directors, consisting of eleven people appointed as directed by the current legislation. The elected officers are Chairperson and Secretary. The Board meets monthly. The day-to-day operation of the Bureau is in the hands of the Executive Director, who is the permanent, full time, paid executive. Anyone wishing to address the Board at a regular monthly meeting is allowed (10) minutes for presentations.