Bill Text: TX SB1905 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to media production development zone recognition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1905 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1905-Introduced.html
By: Sparks | S.B. No. 1905 | |
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relating to media production development zone recognition. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 485A.101, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 485A.101. CRITERIA FOR MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT | ||
ZONE RECOGNITION. To be approved as a media production development | ||
zone, an area: | ||
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insfrastructure, facilities, or resources to support the | ||
production and completion of moving image projects; | ||
(2) must be recognized as a media production development zone | ||
by ordinance or order, as appropriate, of a municipality or the | ||
commissioners court of a count; and | ||
(3) will contain a qualified media production location within | ||
its geographical boundaries that meets the criteria under Section | ||
485A.102. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 485A.103(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 485A.103. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ZONES AND LOCATIONS | ||
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. (a) There may not be more than |
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production development zone designations under this chapter at any | ||
one time. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application for designation submitted under Section 485A.106, | ||
Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
application submitted before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was | ||
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |