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.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1390 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Commerce and Industrial Development
Chapter 485A - Media Production Development Zones
Section 485A.101. Criteria for Media Production Development Zone Recognition
Section 485A.102. Criteria for Qualified Media Production Location Designation
Section 485A.103. Maximum Number of Zones and Locations Throughout State
Section 485A.104. Nomination of Qualified Media Production Location
Section 485A.105. Nominating Ordinance or Order
Section 485A.106. Application for Designation
Section 485A.107. Advisory Committee
Section 485A.108. Review of Application
Section 485A.110. Denial of Application; Notice