Governor lobbies for increased incentives for film industry - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenateBill 621, whicn would reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappes at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoski wantss to raise the capto $15 A Senate committee passed the bill Monday. In the first six months of 2009, television and movie productions invested morethan $40 milliob in Oregon, according to the governor’sz office.
That’s the highest total in 15 In recent weeks, a Harrison Ford movie called “The Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT seriex “Leverage” have been shooting in Producersfor "The Untitled Crowley Project" joineds Kulongoski at Monday's press conference at . “Orego n has become an A-list locationb for the film and televisiomindustry – and an important critical piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one brigh t spot in Oregon’s economy and the film industry is generating an additional $1.
1 millio in income for Oregon workers and local businesses for every $1 million spent by a The governor credited the incentivw program, created in 2003, with spurring the growth of the state'zs film program from a $2.1 million industry to an $8 milliomn industry.