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116J.543 Film production jobs program.

The film production jobs program is created. The program shall be operated by the Minnesota film board with administrative oversight and control by the commissioner of trade and economic development. The program shall make payment to producers of long-form and narrative film productions that directly create new film jobs in Minnesota. To be eligible for a payment, a producer must submit documentation to the Minnesota film board of expenditures for wages for work on new film production jobs in Minnesota by resident Minnesotans. The film jobs include work such as technical crews, acting talent, set construction, soundstage or equipment rental, local postproduction film processing, and other film production jobs.

The film board must make recommendations to the commissioner about program payment, but the recommendations are not binding and the commissioner has the authority to make the final determination on payments. The commissioner's determination must be based on the amount of wages documented to the film board and the likelihood that the payment will lead to further documentable wage payments. Payment may not exceed $100,000 for a single long-form and narrative film. No more than five percent of the funds appropriated for the program in any year may be expended for administration. Individual feature film projects shooting on or after January 1, 1997, will be eligible for fund allocations.

HIST: 1997 c 200 art 1 s 53

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