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FL H0451

FL H0451
Entertainment Industry


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Introduced
01/20/2015
In Committee
01/28/2015
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/01/2015

Introduced Session

Potential new amendment
2015 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Renames Office of Film & Entertainment as Division of Film & Entertainment; requires division to serve a liaison for film industry; requires Governor to appoint commissioner; revises requirements for strategic plan; repeals provisions concerning Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council; revises procedures regarding applications for tax credits; establishes DEO duties; prohibits approved production company from receiving benefits under specified provisions for same production while protecting other specified benefits; requires DEO to develop standardized application form; requires certain production companies to submit aggregate data on specified topics; authorizes qualified production company to renew its certificate of exemption for specified period.

AI Summary

This bill reorganizes and renames the Office of Film & Entertainment to the Division of Film & Entertainment, placing it within Enterprise Florida, Inc., and mandates that the Governor appoint a commissioner for this division. It revises the requirements for the division's strategic plan, repeals the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council, and modifies procedures for applying for tax credits, including establishing standardized application forms and requiring aggregate data submission from certain production companies. The bill also clarifies that approved production companies cannot receive benefits under specified provisions for the same production while protecting other benefits, and allows qualified production companies to renew their certificates of exemption for a specified period.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry

Sponsors (23)

Other Sponsors (2)

Economic Development and Tourism Subcommittee (House), Finance and Tax Committee (House)

Last Action

Died on Calendar (on 04/28/2015)

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