§ 154. State marketing internet website. 1. The department shall
maintain an internet website designed to facilitate the marketing
purposes in this article.

2. The internet website shall contain a design that facilitates the
promotional objectives required by article five-a of this chapter and
this article.

3. The internet website shall also contain an area accessible, free of
charge, to tourism promotion agencies, conventions and business bureaus,
local governments, and any private, not-for-profit or commercial
business domiciled in New York state, which contains directly, or
maintains active links to, the data, including but not limited to:

(a) labor statistics maintained by the New York state department of
labor;

(b) tax receipt data maintained by the New York state department of
taxation and finance;

(c) a monthly summary of tourism industry statistics maintained by a
national tourism association known as the Tourism Industry Association,
Inc.;

(d) all reports and data required to be produced and maintained by
this section; and

(e) any other data deemed appropriate.

4. The department shall cause to be produced annually an independent
study analyzing the effectiveness of the internet website. The
department shall submit the study in accordance with the provisions of
subdivision three of section one hundred fifty-one of this article.