H.B. No. 4539
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to qualifications for participation in the moving image
  industry incentive program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 485.023, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 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 [70] 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4539 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 117, Nays 27, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4539 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 24, Nays 7.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor