{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-485.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 485.021","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"In-state spending\" means the amount of money spent in Texas by a production company during the production and completion of a moving image project, including the amount spent on wages to Texas residents. The term does not include wages described by Section 485.024(b).\nText of subdivision effective until August 31, 2035\n(1-a) \"Incentive fund\" means the Texas moving image industry incentive fund established under Section 485.0225.\n(2) \"Moving image project\" means a visual and sound production, including a film, television program, national or multistate commercial, educational or instructional video, or digital interactive media production. The term does not include a production that is obscene, as defined by Section 43.21, Penal Code.\n(3) \"Production company\" includes a film production company, television production company, digital interactive media production company, or film and television production company.\n(4) \"Texas resident\" means an individual who has resided in Texas since the 120th day before the first day of principal photography on a moving image project.\n(5) \"Underutilized and economically distressed area\" includes any area of this state that:\n(A) the office determines receives less than 15 percent of the total film and television production in this state during a fiscal year; or\n(B) has a median household income that does not exceed 75 percent of the median state household income.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 342 (S.B. 1142), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 260 (H.B. 1634), Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 2007.\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (H.B. 873), Sec. 1, eff. April 23, 2009.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1187 (S.B. 22), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2025.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1187 (S.B. 22), Sec. 3.05(1), eff. August 31, 2035.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 485. MUSIC, FILM, TELEVISION, AND MULTIMEDIA INDUSTRIES","SUBCHAPTER B. MOVING IMAGE INDUSTRY INCENTIVE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.485.htm#485.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"c3cd2b4b2307e304c9298ebcbe2ec75593b4264d2d8d8d688654a3de1a16d810","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-485.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-485.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}