Bill Text: TX SB244 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the abolishment of the moving image industry incentive program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB244 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB244-Introduced.html

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85R1761 AAF-D
By: Burton S.B. No. 244

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the abolishment of the moving image industry incentive
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 485,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER B. TRAINING PROGRAM; ARCHIVE [MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRY
INCENTIVE] PROGRAM
SECTION 2. Section 485.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 485.021. DEFINITION [DEFINITIONS]. In this
subchapter, [:
[(1) "In-state spending" means the amount of money
spent in Texas by a production company during the production and
completion of a moving image project, including the amount spent on
wages to Texas residents. The term does not include wages described
by Section 485.024(b).
[(2)] "moving [Moving] image project" means a visual
and sound production, including a film, television program,
national or multistate commercial, educational or instructional
video, or digital interactive media production. The term does not
include a production that is obscene, as defined by Section 43.21,
Penal Code.
[(3) "Production company" includes a film production
company, television production company, digital interactive media
production company, or film and television production company.
[(4) "Texas resident" means an individual who has
resided in Texas since the 120th day before the first day of
principal photography on a moving image project.
[(5) "Underutilized and economically distressed area"
includes any area of this state that:
[(A) the office determines receives less than 15
percent of the total film and television production in this state
during a fiscal year; or
[(B) has a median household income that does not
exceed 75 percent of the median state household income.]
SECTION 3. Sections 485.022, 485.023, 485.024, 485.025, and
485.026, Government Code, are repealed.
SECTION 4. The repeal by this Act of Sections 485.022,
485.023, 485.024, 485.025, and 485.026, Government Code, does not
affect the validity of any agreement between the Music, Film,
Television, and Multimedia Office and a grant recipient or entity
to be awarded a grant under those sections that is entered into
before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.