(a) Initial Submission
(1) A Qualifying Application is defined to include:
(A) A completed Qualifying Application form for the
Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program;
(B) An itemized budget detailing only estimated Texas
expenditures; and
(C) A Content Document:
(i) For Feature Films, Television Programs (except
Episodic Television Series) and Visual Effects Projects for Feature
Films and Television Programs, a full script.
(ii) For Episodic Television Series, the full script
of the first episode to be filmed in Texas.
(iii) For Commercials, Educational or Instructional
Videos, and Visual Effects Projects for Commercials or Educational
or Instructional Videos, the scripts, storyboards or detailed outlines/summaries
of content.
(iv) For Digital Interactive Media Productions, a
brief summary of game content providing sufficient detail concerning
the themes, settings, story, characters and events to the Texas Film
Commission (Commission) upon which to base its preliminary content
approval consideration.
(v) For Reality Television Projects, a detailed treatment
or outline of program content.
(2) Qualifying Application forms for each type of
project are available at the Commission web site: http://www.texasfilmcommission.com,
or by contacting the Commission if Internet access is not available
or special needs facilitation is required.
(3) Applications will not be accepted earlier than
120 calendar days prior to a project's Principal Start Date.
(4) Applications must be received no later than 5:00
p.m. Central Time on the fifth Business Day prior to the Principal
Start Date.
(5) Only one application and Applicant per project
is allowed.
(6) Within 5 Business Days of the Principal Start
Date indicated on the Qualifying Application form, an Applicant for
a Feature Film, Television Program, Reality Television Project, Digital
Interactive Media Production, Visual Effects Project or Educational
or Instructional Video must confirm with the Commission in writing,
to include e-mail, that the production began on time. If the start
of the project is delayed for more than 30 days, an application may
be disqualified and the Applicant must reapply. If an Applicant fails
to confirm that the production began on time within such 5 Business
Day period, the Commission may, at its sole election but with no obligation
to do so, disqualify the application.
(b) The Office of the Governor, as a state agency,
must comply with the Texas Public Information Act (the "Act"). In
the event that a public information request related to the Applicant
and/or the application is submitted to the agency, the Office of the
Governor will promptly notify the Applicant of the request if current
contact information is available, take all appropriate actions with
the Attorney General of Texas to prevent release of confidential information,
including asserting exemptions under the Act, and provide the Applicant
with full information and opportunity to participate in such process
if current contact information is available.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §121.8 adopted to be effective March 10, 2008, 33 TexReg 2019; amended to be effective November 22, 2009, 34 TexReg 8029; amended to be effective August 28, 2011, 36 TexReg 5201; amended to be effective September 5, 2013, 38 TexReg 5714; amended to be effective March 27, 2017, 42 TexReg 1399 |