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Senate committee approves bill to create Kentucky film office, funded by a small share of transient tax and production fees
Summary
The Senate committee advanced Senate Bill 1 to create a Kentucky Film Commission that would market locations, score productions and hire an executive director, using seed funding from a capped share of the transient tax and application fees.
Frankfort — The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism and Labor voted to adopt a committee substitute and report Senate Bill 1, which would establish a Kentucky Film Commission to market the state to film and television productions, hire an executive director, and administer production scoring and incentives.
Sen. Philip Wheeler, the bill sponsor and chair of the committee, said the commission would build on Kentucky’s existing film tax-credit structure and use seed funding from a small portion of the state’s transient (hotel/motel) tax — capped at $500,000 annually — plus application fees to make the office self-sustaining as production grows. "If we get a full time film director, and a commission... there's no reason why…
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