Sec. 485.024.  GRANT.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 485.025, a grant under this subchapter may not exceed the amount established by office rule.  The office shall adopt rules prescribing the method the office will use to calculate the amount of a grant under this subsection.  The office shall publish a written summary of the method for determining grants before awarding a grant under this section.  The method must consider at a minimum:
(1)  the current and likely future effect a moving image project will have on employment, tourism, and economic activity in this state; and
(2)  the amount of a production company's in-state spending for a moving image project.
(b)  In calculating a grant amount under Section 485.025 or the amount of in-state spending for purposes of rules adopted under Subsection (a), the office may not include wages of persons, including an actor or director, employed in the production of a moving image project that exceed $1 million.
(c)  The office may only make a grant from appropriated funds.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 342 (S.B. 1142), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 260 (H.B. 1634), Sec. 6, eff. June 8, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (H.B. 873), Sec. 3, eff. April 23, 2009.