Tex.
Gov't Code Section 485.024
Grant
(a)
Except as provided by Section 485.025 (Additional Grant for Underutilized and Economically Distressed Areas), 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 (Additional Grant for Underutilized and Economically Distressed Areas) 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.
Source:
Section 485.024 — Grant, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.485.htm#485.024 (accessed May 4, 2024).
