H.B. No. 4051
AN ACT
relating to the criteria for media production development zone
recognition.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 485A.101, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 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) has a population of more than 250,000; and
[(B)] has the adequate workforce,
infrastructure, facilities, or resources to support the production
and completion of moving image projects;
(2) must be recognized as a media production
development zone by ordinance or order, as appropriate, of a
municipality or the commissioners court of a county; and
(3) will contain a qualified media production location
within its geographical boundaries that meets the criteria under
Section 485A.102.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for designation submitted under Section 485A.106,
Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4051 was passed by the House on May 2,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 20, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4051 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor