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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications for incentives for the film, |
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television, and multimedia production industries. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 485.021(2), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(2) "Moving image project" means a visual and sound |
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production, including a film, television program, national or |
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multistate commercial, educational or instructional video, or |
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digital interactive media production. The term does not include a |
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production that: |
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(A) is obscene, as defined by Section 43.21, |
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Penal Code; or |
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(B) the office determines will probably on |
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completion meet the qualifications for: |
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(i) an "R" or "NC-17" rating issued by the |
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Motion Picture Association of America, as those qualifications |
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existed on September 1, 2015; or |
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(ii) an "M" or "A" rating issued by the |
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Entertainment Software Rating Board, as those qualifications |
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existed on September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a grant under Section 485.022(b), Government |
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Code, submitted 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 when the application was submitted, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |