Tex. Gov't Code § 485A.101 · Subchapter C. APPROVAL OF MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT ZONE AND DESIGNATION OF QUALIFIED MEDIA PRODUCTION LOCATIONS
CRITERIA FOR MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT ZONE RECOGNITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To be approved as a media production development zone, an area:
(1) must be in a metropolitan statistical area, the principal municipality of which 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1390 (S.B. 1929), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 544 (H.B. 4051), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.485A.htm
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