AB 2747 Passes California State Assembly; Anti-Runaway Production Measure Aims to Keep Film and Television Production in California.Entertainment Editors LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 29, 2002 Assembly Bill 2747 passed the California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of at least 420,000 citizens. today by a wide, bipartisan vote, Joseph A. Aredas, Chairperson of the California Coalition for Entertainment Jobs (CCEJ CCEJ Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (South Korea) ) and International Representative in Charge of the West Coast for IATSE IATSE International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada IATSE International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators announced today. AB 2747, which earlier had passed the Assembly's Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee, Revenue and Tax Committee and Appropriations Committee without opposition, passed the full Assembly with only one dissenting vote, and will now move to the California State Senate The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate. . "AB 2747 is designed to level the playing field, securing that film and television production stay within the state. Wage-based tax incentives allow California to remain competitive when vying with other states and countries for production," Aredas stated. "The coalition is grateful for the support we have received from Governor Davis, and for Speaker Wesson's help in quickly moving this bill through the Assembly." AB 2747 was introduced by Speaker of the Assembly Herb Wesson (D-Culver City); Rebecca Cohn (D-Santa Clara), Chairperson of the Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee,; Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg (D-Los Angeles); and Assemblyman Dario Frommer (D-Glendale). It provides a 15% production tax credit on the first $250,000 of qualifying wages for all films and television programming budgeted between $200,000 and $10 million. If passed by the Senate and signed by California Governor Gray Davis, it is scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2004. AB 2747 is modeled after current federal legislation -- S. 1278 and HR 3131, "The United States Independent Film and Television Production Incentive Act of 2001." Both the federal and state bills enjoy broad bipartisan support. CCEJ is a coalition of labor unions and guilds working to combat runaway production. Members include the American Federation of Musicians The American Federation of Musicians (AFM/AFofM) is a labor union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada. The American Federation of Musicians was founded in 1896, at which time it took over from an older and looser organization of local , AFTRA AFTRA American Federation of Television & Radio Artists , the Directors Guild of America, IATSE, the Screen Actors Guild, the Teamsters, and the Writers Guild of America The Writers Guild of America is a term often referring to the joint efforts of the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, west. Jointly, the two guilds act as the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and , west. |
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