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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to population criteria for media production development |
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zone recognition. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 485A.101, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 485A.101. CRITERIA FOR MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT |
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ZONE RECOGNITION. To be approved as a media production development |
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zone, an area: |
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(1) must be in a metropolitan statistical area, the |
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principal municipality of which: |
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(A) has a population of more than 100,000 |
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[250,000]; and |
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(B) has the adequate workforce, infrastructure, |
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facilities, or resources to support the production and completion |
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of moving image projects; |
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(2) must be recognized as a media production |
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development zone by ordinance or order, as appropriate, of a |
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municipality or the commissioners court of a county; and |
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(3) will contain a qualified media production location |
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within its geographical boundaries that meets the criteria under |
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Section 485A.102. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for designation submitted under Section 485A.106, |
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Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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application submitted before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the application was |
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submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |