Section 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 55 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. Tex. Gov't. Code § 485.023
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 767,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 2, Sec. 2, eff. 4/23/2009.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 260, Sec. 5, eff. 6/8/2007.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 342, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2005.