Texas Government Code Title 4, Chapter 485a - Media Production Development Zones
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 485A.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Media Production Development Zone Act. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1390 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 485A.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Media production facility" means a structure, building, or room used for the specific purpose of creating a moving image project. The...
SUBCHAPTER B OFFICE POWERS AND DUTIES IN GENERAL
- Texas Section 485A.003 - Jurisdiction Of Municipality
For the purposes of this chapter, territory in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality is considered to be in the jurisdiction of the municipality. Added...
- Texas Section 485A.051 - General Powers And Duties
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the office shall administer and monitor the implementation of this chapter. (b) The office and the comptroller's office...
- Texas Section 485A.052 - Rulemaking Authority
The office shall adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1390 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1, eff. September...
- Texas Section 485A.053 - Annual Report
On or before December 15 of each year, the office shall submit to the governor, the legislature, and the Legislative Budget Board a report that:...
SUBCHAPTER C APPROVAL OF MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED MEDIA PRODUCTION LOCATIONS
- Texas Section 485A.054 - Assistance
The office shall provide to persons desiring to construct, expand, maintain, improve, or renovate a media production facility in a qualified media production location information...
- Texas Section 485A.101 - Criteria For Media Production Development Zone Recognition
To be approved as a media production development zone, an area: (1) must be in a metropolitan statistical area, the principal municipality of which: (A)...
- Texas Section 485A.102 - Criteria For Qualified Media Production Location Designation
To be designated a qualified media production location, a location must be land or other real property that is in a media production development zone...
- Texas Section 485A.103 - Maximum Number Of Zones And Locations Throughout State
(a) There may not be more than 10 media production development zone designations under this chapter at any one time. (b) There may not be...
- Texas Section 485A.104 - Nomination Of Qualified Media Production Location
(a) The governing body of a municipality or county, individually or in combination with other municipalities or counties, by ordinance or order, as appropriate, may...
- Texas Section 485A.105 - Nominating Ordinance Or Order
An ordinance or order nominating a location as a qualified media production location must: (1) describe precisely both the media production development zone in which...
- Texas Section 485A.106 - Application For Designation
(a) For a location in a media production development zone to be designated as a qualified media production location, the nominating body, after nominating the...
- Texas Section 485A.107 - Advisory Committee
(a) The media production advisory committee is composed of the following members: (1) the director of the Texas Film Commission division of the governor's office;...
- Texas Section 485A.108 - Review Of Application
(a) On receipt of an application for the designation of a qualified media production location, the office shall review the application to determine whether the...
- Texas Section 485A.109 - Designation
(a) If the office determines that a nominated location for which a designation application has been received satisfies the criteria under Section 485A.102 and on...
- Texas Section 485A.110 - Denial Of Application; Notice
(a) The office shall deny an application for the designation of a qualified media production location if: (1) the office determines that the nominated location...
- Texas Section 485A.111 - Period Of Approval Or Designation
(a) An area that qualifies under this subchapter may be approved by the office as a media production development zone for a maximum of five...
SUBCHAPTER D ADMINISTRATION OF MEDIA PRODUCTION LOCATION
- Texas Section 485A.112 - Removal Of Approval Or Designation
(a) The office may remove the approval of an area recognized as a media production development zone if the area no longer meets the criteria...
SUBCHAPTER E QUALIFIED PERSON DESIGNATION AND CERTIFICATION
- Texas Section 485A.151 - Annual Report
(a) For purposes of this section, the governing body of a qualified media production location is the governing body of the municipality or county, or...
- Texas Section 485A.201 - Qualified Person
A person is a qualified person if the office, for the purpose of state benefits under this chapter, or the nominating body of a qualified...
- Texas Section 485A.202 - Prohibition On Qualified Person Certification
If the office determines that the nominating body of a qualified media production location is not complying with this chapter, the office shall prohibit the...
- Texas Section 485A.203 - Duration Of Designation
Except as provided by Section 485A.204, the office's certification of a person as a qualified person is effective until the second anniversary of the date...
SUBCHAPTER F MEDIA PRODUCTION LOCATION BENEFITS
- Texas Section 485A.204 - Removal Of Designation
The office shall remove the certification of a qualified person for state benefits under this chapter if the office determines that the construction, renovation, improvement,...
- Texas Section 485A.251 - Exemption From Sales And Use Tax
Certain items are exempt from the sales and use tax as provided by Section 151.3415, Tax Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 485A.252 - Monitoring Qualified Person Commitments
(a) The office may monitor a qualified person to determine whether and to what extent the qualified person has followed through on the commitments made...
Last modified: September 28, 2016