88R14509 SCP-D
 
  By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 4474
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to qualifications for participation in the moving image
  industry incentive program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 485.023, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 485.023.  QUALIFICATION. (a) To qualify for a grant
  under this subchapter:
               (1)  a production company must have spent a minimum of:
                     (A)  $250,000 in in-state spending for a film or
  television program; or
                     (B)  $100,000 in in-state spending for a
  commercial or series of commercials, an educational or
  instructional video or series of educational or instructional
  videos, or a digital interactive media production;
               (2)  at least 25 [70] percent of the production crew,
  actors, and extras for a moving image project must be Texas
  residents unless the office determines and certifies in writing
  that a sufficient number of qualified crew, actors, and extras are
  not available to the company at the time principal photography
  begins;
               (3)  at least 60 percent of the moving image project
  must be filmed in Texas; and
               (4)  a production company must submit to the office an
  expended budget, in a format prescribed by the office, that
  reflects all in-state spending and includes all receipts, invoices,
  pay orders, and other documentation considered necessary by the
  office to accurately determine the amount of a production company's
  in-state spending that has occurred.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), the minimum
  percentage of production crew, actors, and extras required to be
  Texas residents increases by 10 percent after each 24-month period
  during which the moving image project films in this state until a
  maximum amount of 70 percent is reached. 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.