102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3454

 

Introduced 1/18/2022, by Sen. Dale Fowler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 16/10

    Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that, for an accredited production beginning on or after July 1, 2022, the credit includes 5% of the Illinois labor expenditures generated by the employment of residents of the State who reside outside of the metropolitan area. Provides that, for an accredited production beginning on or after July 1, 2022, the credit amount shall be increased by 5% if 50% or more of the total hours of principal filming or taping of the production are completed in the State but outside of the metropolitan area. Provides that the term "metropolitan area" means the City of Chicago and any part of the State located within 30 miles of the City of Chicago. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
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 Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 16/10)
7    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
8    "Accredited production" means: (i) for productions
9commencing before May 1, 2006, a film, video, or television
10production that has been certified by the Department in which
11the aggregate Illinois labor expenditures included in the cost
12of the production, in the period that ends 12 months after the
13time principal filming or taping of the production began,
14exceed $100,000 for productions of 30 minutes or longer, or
15$50,000 for productions of less than 30 minutes; and (ii) for
16productions commencing on or after May 1, 2006, a film, video,
17or television production that has been certified by the
18Department in which the Illinois production spending included
19in the cost of production in the period that ends 12 months
20after the time principal filming or taping of the production
21began exceeds $100,000 for productions of 30 minutes or longer
22or exceeds $50,000 for productions of less than 30 minutes.
23"Accredited production" does not include a production that:

 

 

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1        (1) is news, current events, or public programming, or
2    a program that includes weather or market reports;
3        (2) is a talk show;
4        (3) is a production in respect of a game,
5    questionnaire, or contest;
6        (4) is a sports event or activity;
7        (5) is a gala presentation or awards show;
8        (6) is a finished production that solicits funds;
9        (7) is a production produced by a film production
10    company if records, as required by 18 U.S.C. 2257, are to
11    be maintained by that film production company with respect
12    to any performer portrayed in that single media or
13    multimedia program; or
14        (8) is a production produced primarily for industrial,
15    corporate, or institutional purposes.
16    "Accredited animated production" means an accredited
17production in which movement and characters' performances are
18created using a frame-by-frame technique and a significant
19number of major characters are animated. Motion capture by
20itself is not an animation technique.
21    "Accredited production certificate" means a certificate
22issued by the Department certifying that the production is an
23accredited production that meets the guidelines of this Act.
24    "Applicant" means a taxpayer that is a film production
25company that is operating or has operated an accredited
26production located within the State of Illinois and that (i)

 

 

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1owns the copyright in the accredited production throughout the
2Illinois production period or (ii) has contracted directly
3with the owner of the copyright in the accredited production
4or a person acting on behalf of the owner to provide services
5for the production, where the owner of the copyright is not an
6eligible production corporation.
7    "Credit" means:
8        (1) for an accredited production approved by the
9    Department on or before January 1, 2005 and commencing
10    before May 1, 2006, the amount equal to 25% of the Illinois
11    labor expenditure approved by the Department. The
12    applicant is deemed to have paid, on its balance due day
13    for the year, an amount equal to 25% of its qualified
14    Illinois labor expenditure for the tax year. For Illinois
15    labor expenditures generated by the employment of
16    residents of geographic areas of high poverty or high
17    unemployment, as determined by the Department, in an
18    accredited production commencing before May 1, 2006 and
19    approved by the Department after January 1, 2005, the
20    applicant shall receive an enhanced credit of 10% in
21    addition to the 25% credit; and
22        (2) for an accredited production commencing on or
23    after May 1, 2006, the amount equal to:
24            (i) 20% of the Illinois production spending for
25        the taxable year; plus
26            (ii) 15% of the Illinois labor expenditures

 

 

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1        generated by the employment of residents of geographic
2        areas of high poverty or high unemployment, as
3        determined by the Department; and
4        (3) for an accredited production commencing on or
5    after January 1, 2009 and prior to July 1, 2022, the amount
6    equal to:
7            (i) 30% of the Illinois production spending for
8        the taxable year; plus
9            (ii) 15% of the Illinois labor expenditures
10        generated by the employment of residents of geographic
11        areas of high poverty or high unemployment, as
12        determined by the Department; and .
13        (4) for an accredited production commencing on or
14    after July 1, 2022, the amount equal to:
15            (i) 30% of the Illinois production spending for
16        the taxable year; plus
17            (ii) 15% of the Illinois labor expenditures
18        generated by the employment of residents of geographic
19        areas of high poverty or high unemployment, as
20        determined by the Department; plus
21            (iii) 5% of the Illinois labor expenditures
22        generated by the employment of residents of the State
23        who reside outside of the metropolitan area; if the
24        person is a resident of a geographic area of high
25        poverty or high unemployment and also resides outside
26        of the metropolitan area, then the credit includes

 

 

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1        both subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph
2        (4); plus
3            (iv) if 50% or more of the total hours of principal
4        filming or taping of the production are completed in
5        the State but outside of the metropolitan area, as
6        determined by the Department, then the total amount of
7        the credit under subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of
8        this paragraph (4), as applicable, shall be increased
9        by 5%.
10    "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
11Opportunity.
12    "Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic
13Opportunity.
14    "Illinois labor expenditure" means salary or wages paid to
15employees of the applicant for services on the accredited
16production.
17    To qualify as an Illinois labor expenditure, the
18expenditure must be:
19        (1) Reasonable in the circumstances.
20        (2) Included in the federal income tax basis of the
21    property.
22        (3) Incurred by the applicant for services on or after
23    January 1, 2004.
24        (4) Incurred for the production stages of the
25    accredited production, from the final script stage to the
26    end of the post-production stage.

 

 

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1        (5) Limited to the first $25,000 of wages paid or
2    incurred to each employee of a production commencing
3    before May 1, 2006 and the first $100,000 of wages paid or
4    incurred to each employee of a production commencing on or
5    after May 1, 2006.
6        (6) For a production commencing before May 1, 2006,
7    exclusive of the salary or wages paid to or incurred for
8    the 2 highest paid employees of the production.
9        (7) Directly attributable to the accredited
10    production.
11        (8) (Blank).
12        (9) Paid to persons resident in Illinois at the time
13    the payments were made.
14        (10) Paid for services rendered in Illinois.
15    "Illinois production spending" means the expenses incurred
16by the applicant for an accredited production, including,
17without limitation, all of the following:
18        (1) expenses to purchase, from vendors within
19    Illinois, tangible personal property that is used in the
20    accredited production;
21        (2) expenses to acquire services, from vendors in
22    Illinois, for film production, editing, or processing; and
23        (3) the compensation, not to exceed $100,000 for any
24    one employee, for contractual or salaried employees who
25    are Illinois residents performing services with respect to
26    the accredited production.

 

 

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1    "Metropolitan area" means the City of Chicago and any part
2of the State located within 30 miles of the corporate limits of
3the City of Chicago.
4    "Qualified production facility" means stage facilities in
5the State in which television shows and films are or are
6intended to be regularly produced and that contain at least
7one sound stage of at least 15,000 square feet.
8    Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1006, if
9any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance
10with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
11Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on
12Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for
13whatever reason, is unauthorized.
14(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.