71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 3186
 
                         Senate Bill 893
 
Sponsored by Senator L BEYER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Allocates moneys from Administrative Services Economic
Development Fund to Oregon Film and Video Office for Oregon
Production Investment Fund. Establishes maximum limit for payment
of expenses from lottery funds.
  Requires Oregon Film and Video Office to reimburse television
production company 10 percent of actual expenses incurred in
Oregon up to $125,000 when filming television movie.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Oregon Film and Video Office; appropriating
  money; limiting expenditures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Oregon Production Investment Fund is
established in the State Treasury separate and distinct from the
General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Production Investment
Fund shall be credited to the fund. All moneys in the fund are
continuously appropriated for the purposes of reimbursements
authorized under section 3 of this 2001 Act.
  (2) The Oregon Production Investment Fund is not subject to the
provisions of ORS 291.234 to 291.260. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 3 of this 2001 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 284.300 to 284.375. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + (1) The Oregon Film and Video Office shall
reimburse a bona fide television production company 10 percent of
the actual expenses incurred in Oregon for production of a
television movie. A reimbursement paid under the provisions of
this subsection may not exceed $125,000 per television movie.
  (2) The office shall pay reimbursements out of the Oregon
Production Investment Fund.
  (3)(a) The production company shall submit proof of actual
expenses for which reimbursement is requested.
  (b) If the production company makes a request for reimbursement
for the salary or wage paid to an Oregon resident, the request
must be accompanied by proof that the employee is an Oregon
resident.
  (4) For the purposes of this section:
  (a) 'Actual expenses' includes the purchase or rental, as
applicable, of equipment, food and catering, lodging, real
property and permits, payments made to labor organizations in
Oregon and salaries and wages paid to Oregon residents.
  (b) 'Television movie' means a broadcast of two or more hours,
whether or not televised in installments, intended for
television. + }
  SECTION 4.  { + (1) There is allocated to the Oregon Film and
Video Office from the Administrative Services Economic
Development Fund the amount identified in subsection (2) of this
section.
  (2) The amount of $2,000,000 is established for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for payment of
expenses by the Oregon Film and Video Office from the
Administrative Services Economic Development Fund for
establishment of the Oregon Production Investment Fund.
  (3) The allocation of moneys from the Administrative Services
Economic Development Fund under this section is subject to the
requirements in section 4, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution,
for deposit of 15 percent of the net proceeds from the Oregon
State Lottery into the Education Endowment Fund and into the
Parks and Natural Resources Fund and shall be made only after
satisfaction or payment of:
  (a) Amounts allocated to Westside lottery bonds issued under
ORS 391.140 or to the reserves or any refunding related to the
Westside lottery bonds in accordance with the priority for
allocation and disbursement established by ORS 391.130;
  (b) All liens, pledges or other obligations relating to lottery
bonds or refunding lottery bonds that are due or payable during
the biennium beginning July 1, 2001; and
  (c) Amounts required by any other pledges of, or liens on, net
proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery. + }
  SECTION 5.  { + (1) Sections 1 and 3 of this 2001 Act are
repealed on July 1, 2003.
  (2) All moneys remaining in the Oregon Production Investment
Fund on July 1, 2003, shall revert back to the Administrative
Services Economic Development Fund. + }
  SECTION 6. { +  This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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