Wisconsin. Division of Tourism

Chapter 154, Laws of 1969, transferred the Bureau of Commercial Recreation in 1970 from the Department of Local Affairs and Development (WIHV86-A1748) to the Department of Natural Resources (WIHV85-A695) where it was successively called the Division of Tourism and Commercial Recreation, the Division of Tourism and Information, and the Division of Tourism.

Chapter 39, Laws of 1975, transferred the Division of Tourism from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Business Development (WIHV85-A690). In 1979, the Division of Tourism became part of the new Department of Development (WIHV86-A1752), along with the rest of the former Department of Business Development. In 1996, under 1995 Wisconsin Act 27 the Division of Tourism became its own department (WIHV96-A1094). This form of agency name is used for all records of the Division of Tourism, 1969-1995, in the Wisconsin State Archives' database.

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