The West Virginia Tourism Office, previously continued from the Division of Tourism, is continued but is hereafter raised to a separate and distinct department of the executive branch of state government and is designated and shall be known as the West Virginia Department of Tourism. All references in this code to the Division of Tourism or to the West Virginia Tourism Office shall be construed as references to the West Virginia Department of Tourism. As used in this article, 'department' means the Department of Tourism.
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