Bill Text: CT SB00904 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 904 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Film And Digital Media Task Force.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-10 - Public Hearing 02/17 [SB00904 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00904-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 904*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 2641
		02641_______CE_
Referred to Committee on Commerce
Introduced by:
(CE)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA TASK FORCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to examine Connecticut's existing and potential film and digital media industries. Such examination shall include, but not be limited to, a study of the efficacy of the state's film and digital media tax credits.

(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate;

(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives;

(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate;

(7) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, or the commissioner's designee;

(8) The Commissioner of Revenue Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(9) Two persons appointed by the Governor; and

(10) The chairs and ranking members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce.

(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member of the General Assembly.

(d) All appointments to the task force shall be made not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section.

(f) Not later than January 1, 2012, the task force shall submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce and finance, revenue and bonding, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2012, whichever is later.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a task force to review the state's film and digital media industries and the efficacy of the film and digital media tax credits.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]