88R1964 JCG-D
	By: Cole	H.B. No. 1471

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to eligibility requirements of the moving image industry
	incentive program for certain moving image projects involving a
	firearm.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 485.021, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as
	follows:
	(1)  "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section
	62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code.
	(1-a)  "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).
	SECTION 2.  Section 485.022(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  The office shall develop a procedure for the submission
	of grant applications and the awarding of grants under this
	subchapter. The procedure must include provisions relating to:
	(1)  methods by which an individual's Texas residency
	as described by Section 485.021(4) can be proved; and
	(2)  requirements for the submission, before
	production of a moving image project begins, of:
	(A)  an estimate of total in-state spending;
	(B)  the shooting script or story board, as
	applicable;
	(C)  the estimated number of jobs for cast and
	production crew during the production and completion of the [a]
	moving image project; [and]
	(D)  a certified statement on whether:
	(i)  a member of the cast or production crew
	will handle or discharge a firearm during the production or
	completion of the moving image project; and
	(ii)  the member described by Subparagraph
	(i) has completed the hunter education program described by Section
	62.014, Parks and Wildlife Code, or an equivalent firearm education
	program as determined by the office; and
	(E)  any other information considered useful and
	necessary by the office for an adequate and accurate analysis of a
	production company's in-state spending.
	SECTION 3.  Section 485.023, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 485.023.  QUALIFICATION. 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 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)  before handling or discharging a firearm during
	the production or completion of the moving image project, each
	person who handles or discharges the firearm must complete the
	hunter education program described by Section 62.014, Parks and
	Wildlife Code, or an equivalent firearm education program as
	determined by the office; and
	(5)  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.
	SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter
	485, Government Code, apply only to a grant awarded on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A grant awarded before the effective
	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	award was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.