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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of
52008 is amended by changing Sections 45 and 50 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 16/45)
7    Sec. 45. Evaluation of tax credit program; reports to the
8General Assembly.
9    (a) The Department shall evaluate the tax credit program.
10The evaluation must include an assessment of the effectiveness
11of the program in creating and retaining new jobs in Illinois
12and of the revenue impact of the program, and may include a
13review of the practices and experiences of other states or
14nations with similar programs. Upon completion of this
15evaluation, the Department shall determine the overall success
16of the program, and may make a recommendation to extend,
17modify, or not extend the program based on this evaluation.
18    (b) At the end of each fiscal quarter, the Department must
19submit to the General Assembly a report that includes, without
20limitation, the following information:
21        (1) the economic impact of the tax credit program,
22    including the number of jobs created and retained,
23    including whether the job positions are entry level,

 

 

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1    management, talent-related, vendor-related, or
2    production-related;
3        (2) the amount of film production spending brought to
4    Illinois, including the amount of spending and type of
5    Illinois vendors hired in connection with an accredited
6    production; and
7        (3) an overall picture of whether the human
8    infrastructure of the motion picture industry in Illinois
9    reflects the geographical, racial and ethnic, gender, and
10    income-level diversity of the State of Illinois.
11    (c) At the end of each fiscal year, the Department must
12submit to the General Assembly a report that includes, without
13limitation, the following information:
14        (1) an identification of each vendor that provided
15    goods or services that were included in an accredited
16    production's Illinois production spending, provided that
17    the accredited production's Illinois production spending
18    attributable to that vendor exceeds, in the aggregate,
19    $10,000 or 10% of the accredited production's Illinois
20    production spending, whichever is less;
21        (2) the amount paid to each identified vendor by the
22    accredited production;
23        (3) for each identified vendor, a statement as to
24    whether the vendor is a minority owned business or a female
25    owned business, as defined under Section 2 of the Business
26    Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with

 

 

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1    Disabilities Act, based on the best efforts of an
2    accredited production; and
3        (4) a description of any steps taken by the Department
4    to encourage accredited productions to use vendors who are
5    a minority owned business or a female owned business.
6(Source: P.A. 95-720, eff. 5-27-08.)
 
7    (35 ILCS 16/50)
8    Sec. 50. Program terms and conditions. Except for
9information that will be included, in an aggregated manner,
10within the annual report required under Section 45 of this Act,
11any Any documentary materials or data made available or
12received by any agent or employee of the Department are
13confidential and are not public records to the extent that the
14materials or data consist of commercial or financial
15information regarding the operation of the production of the
16applicant for or recipient of any tax credit under this Act.
17(Source: P.A. 95-720, eff. 5-27-08.)
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.