Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 485A.052. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The office shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1390 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 485A.053. ANNUAL REPORT. On or before December 15 of each year, the office shall submit to the governor, the legislature, and the Legislative Budget Board a report that: (1) evaluates the effectiveness of the media production development zone program; and (2) describes the u…

Sec. 485A.054. ASSISTANCE. The office shall provide to persons desiring to construct, expand, maintain, improve, or renovate a media production facility in a qualified media production location information and appropriate assistance relating to the required legal authorization, i…

Sec. 485A.101. CRITERIA FOR MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT ZONE RECOGNITION. To be approved as a media production development zone, an area: (1) must be in a metropolitan statistical area, the principal municipality of which has the adequate workforce, infrastructure, facilities, o…

Sec. 485A.102. CRITERIA FOR QUALIFIED MEDIA PRODUCTION LOCATION DESIGNATION. To be designated a qualified media production location, a location must be land or other real property that is in a media production development zone and will: (1) be used exclusively to build or constru…

Sec. 485A.103. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ZONES AND LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT STATE. (a) There may not be more than 10 media production development zone designations under this chapter at any one time. (b) There may not be more than five media production development zones under this chapter in…

Sec. 485A.104. NOMINATION OF QUALIFIED MEDIA PRODUCTION LOCATION. (a) The governing body of a municipality or county, individually or in combination with other municipalities or counties, by ordinance or order, as appropriate, may nominate as a qualified media production location…

Sec. 485A.105. NOMINATING ORDINANCE OR ORDER. An ordinance or order nominating a location as a qualified media production location must: (1) describe precisely both the media production development zone in which the location is to be included and the proposed location by a legal …

Sec. 485A.106. APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION. (a) For a location in a media production development zone to be designated as a qualified media production location, the nominating body, after nominating the location as a qualified media production location, must send to the office a …

Sec. 485A.107. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The media production advisory committee is composed of the following members: (1) the director of the Texas Film Commission division of the governor's office; (2) one representative of the comptroller's office, appointed by the comptroller; …

Sec. 485A.108. REVIEW OF APPLICATION. (a) On receipt of an application for the designation of a qualified media production location, the office shall review the application to determine whether the nominated location qualifies for designation as a qualified media production locat…

Sec. 485A.109. DESIGNATION. (a) If the office determines that a nominated location for which a designation application has been received satisfies the criteria under Section 485A.102 and on recommendation of the media production advisory committee, the office may designate the no…

Sec. 485A.110. DENIAL OF APPLICATION; NOTICE. (a) The office shall deny an application for the designation of a qualified media production location if: (1) the office determines that the nominated location does not satisfy the criteria under Section 485A.102; (2) the office deter…

Sec. 485A.111. PERIOD OF APPROVAL OR DESIGNATION. (a) An area that qualifies under this subchapter may be approved by the office as a media production development zone for a maximum of five years after the date the last qualified media production location was designated within th…

Sec. 485A.112. REMOVAL OF APPROVAL OR DESIGNATION. (a) The office may remove the approval of an area recognized as a media production development zone if the area no longer meets the criteria for that recognition under this chapter or by office rule adopted under this chapter. (b…

Sec. 485A.151. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) For purposes of this section, the governing body of a qualified media production location is the governing body of the municipality or county, or the governing bodies of the combination of municipalities or counties, that applied to have the loca…

Sec. 485A.201. QUALIFIED PERSON. A person is a qualified person if the office, for the purpose of state benefits under this chapter, or the nominating body of a qualified media production location, for the purpose of local benefits, certifies that the person, not later than 18 mo…

Sec. 485A.202. PROHIBITION ON QUALIFIED PERSON CERTIFICATION. If the office determines that the nominating body of a qualified media production location is not complying with this chapter, the office shall prohibit the certification of a qualified person at the location until the…

Sec. 485A.203. DURATION OF DESIGNATION. Except as provided by Section 485A.204, the office's certification of a person as a qualified person is effective until the second anniversary of the date the designation is made, regardless of whether the designation of the qualified media…

Sec. 485A.204. REMOVAL OF DESIGNATION. The office shall remove the certification of a qualified person for state benefits under this chapter if the office determines that the construction, renovation, improvement, maintenance, or expansion of a media production facility has not b…

Sec. 485A.251. EXEMPTION FROM SALES AND USE TAX. Certain items are exempt from the sales and use tax as provided by Section 151.3415, Tax Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1390 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 485A.252. MONITORING QUALIFIED PERSON COMMITMENTS. (a) The office may monitor a qualified person to determine whether and to what extent the qualified person has followed through on the commitments made by the qualified person under this chapter. (b) The office may determine…