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MOTION PICTURE INCENTIVES AMENDMENTS

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2016 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Jeremy A. Peterson

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Senate Sponsor: Deidre M. Henderson

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill addresses motion picture incentives.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     amends reporting requirements associated with incentives for state-approved
13     productions by a motion picture company.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          63N-8-103, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 283
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 63N-8-103 is amended to read:
24          63N-8-103. Motion Picture Incentive Account created -- Cash rebate incentives --
25     Refundable tax credit incentives.
26          (1) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the
27     Motion Picture Incentive Account, which the office shall use to provide cash rebate incentives
28     for state-approved productions by a motion picture company.
29          (b) All interest generated from investment of money in the restricted account shall be

30     deposited in the restricted account.
31          (c) The restricted account shall consist of an annual appropriation by the Legislature.
32          (d) The office shall:
33          (i) with the advice of the board, administer the restricted account; and
34          (ii) make payments from the restricted account as required under this section.
35          (e) The cost of administering the restricted account shall be paid from money in the
36     restricted account.
37          (2) (a) A motion picture company or digital media company seeking disbursement of
38     an incentive allowed under an agreement with the office shall follow the procedures and
39     requirements of this Subsection (2).
40          (b) The motion picture company or digital media company shall provide the office with
41     a report identifying and documenting the dollars left in the state [or] and new state revenues
42     generated by the motion picture company or digital media company for its state-approved
43     production, including any related tax returns by the motion picture company, payroll company,
44     digital media company, or loan-out corporation under Subsection (2)(d).
45          (c) For a motion picture company, an independent certified public accountant shall:
46          (i) review the report submitted by the motion picture company; and
47          (ii) attest to the accuracy and validity of the report, including the amount of dollars left
48     in the state.
49          (d) The motion picture company, digital media company, payroll company, or loan-out
50     corporation shall provide the office with a document that expressly directs and authorizes the
51     State Tax Commission to disclose the entity's tax returns and other information concerning the
52     entity that would otherwise be subject to confidentiality under Section 59-1-403 or Section
53     6103, Internal Revenue Code, to the office.
54          (e) The office shall submit the document described in Subsection (2)(d) to the State
55     Tax Commission.
56          (f) Upon receipt of the document described in Subsection (2)(d), the State Tax
57     Commission shall provide the office with the information requested by the office that the

58     motion picture company, digital media company, payroll company, or loan-out corporation
59     directed or authorized the State Tax Commission to provide to the office in the document
60     described in Subsection (2)(d).
61          (g) Subject to Subsection (3), for a motion picture company the office shall:
62          (i) review the report from the motion picture company described in Subsection (2)(b)
63     and verify that it was reviewed by an independent certified public accountant as described in
64     Subsection (2)(c); and
65          (ii) based upon the certified public accountant's attestation under Subsection (2)(c),
66     determine the amount of the incentive that the motion picture company is entitled to under its
67     agreement with the office.
68          (h) Subject to Subsection (3), for a digital media company, the office shall:
69          (i) ensure the digital media project results in new state revenue; and
70          (ii) based upon review of new state revenue, determine the amount of the incentive that
71     a digital media company is entitled to under its agreement with the office.
72          (i) Subject to Subsection (3), if the incentive is in the form of a cash rebate, the office
73     shall pay the incentive from the restricted account to the motion picture company,
74     notwithstanding Subsections 51-5-3(23)(b) and 63J-1-104(4)(c).
75          (j) If the incentive is in the form of a refundable tax credit under Section 59-7-614.5 or
76     59-10-1108, the office shall:
77          (i) issue a tax credit certificate to the motion picture company or digital media
78     company; and
79          (ii) provide a duplicate copy of the tax credit certificate to the State Tax Commission.
80          (k) A motion picture company or digital media company may not claim a motion
81     picture tax credit under Section 59-7-614.5 or 59-10-1108 unless the motion picture company
82     or digital media company has received a tax credit certificate for the claim issued by the office
83     under Subsection (2)(j)(i).
84          (l) A motion picture company or digital media company may claim a motion picture
85     tax credit on its tax return for the amount listed on the tax credit certificate issued by the office.

86          (m) A motion picture company or digital media company that claims a tax credit under
87     Subsection (2)(l) shall retain the tax credit certificate and all supporting documentation in
88     accordance with Subsection 63N-8-104(6).
89          (3) (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), the office may issue $6,793,700 in tax credit
90     certificates under this part in a fiscal year.
91          (b) If the office does not issue tax credit certificates in a fiscal year totaling the amount
92     authorized under Subsection (3)(a), it may carry over that amount for issuance in subsequent
93     fiscal years.