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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to media production development 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 principal |
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municiopality of which: |
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(A) has a population of more than 250,000; and |
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(1) (B) has must have the adequate workforce, |
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insfrastructure, facilities, or resources to support the |
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production and completion of moving image projects; |
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(2) must be recognized as a media production development zone |
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by ordinance or order, as appropriate, of a municipality or the |
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commissioners court of a count; and |
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(3) will contain a qualified media production location within |
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its geographical boundaries that meets the criteria under Section |
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485A.102. |
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SECTION 2. Section 485A.103(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 485A.103. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ZONES AND LOCATIONS |
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THROUGHOUT THE STATE. (a) There may not be more than1020 media |
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production development zone designations under this chapter at any |
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one time. |
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SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |