Bill > SB928

This bill establishes the Pennsylvania Film Producer Grant Program within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, creating a new grant initiative to support film production in the state. The program will provide financial assistance to eligible Pennsylvania film producers for expenses like site preparation, set construction, and crew hiring, with the condition that the film project must be entirely filmed within Pennsylvania and the producer must maintain their principal business in the state. The council will be responsible for developing program criteria, including application processes, and will create a restricted account within the General Fund to manage grant money. Eligible grants will support various types of film projects intended for national audiences, excluding news, sports, political, or commercial productions. The program aims to encourage film production in Pennsylvania by providing financial incentives, and the bill specifies that any unspent funds at the end of each fiscal year will be transferred back to the General Fund. The bill will take effect 60 days after passage, and it includes a repeal of a related section in the Tax Reform Code to facilitate the new program's implementation.