Bill Text: TX HB4474 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to qualifications for participation in the moving image industry incentive program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism [HB4474 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4474-Introduced.html

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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.