BILL NUMBER: AB 1437	CHAPTERED  09/02/05

	CHAPTER  168
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Strickland
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cohn and Koretz)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to add Section 14998.13 to the Government Code, relating to
the California Film Commission.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1437, Strickland  California Film Commission.
   Existing law establishes and generally sets forth the duties of
the California Film Commission in encouraging and promoting the film
industry in the state. Existing law requires the commission to
develop and oversee the implementation of the Cooperative Motion
Picture Marketing Plan.
   This bill would establish the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund in
the State Treasury, to be available to the commission upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for activities performed consistent
with the provisions of existing law related to the Cooperative
Motion Picture Marketing Plan. The bill would require that proceeds
that accrue to the state from the sales of location library
documents, photocopying, and other film-related informational
documents, be deposited in the fund. The bill would authorize the
commission to receive and accept for deposit in the fund, moneys from
any and all public or private sources that support the commission.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 14998.13 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   14998.13.  (a) As a means to carry out the California Film
Commission's purposes of encouraging and promoting motion picture and
television filming in California and maintaining and improving the
position of the state's motion picture industry in the national and
world markets, there is hereby created in the State Treasury, the
Film Promotion and Marketing Fund.
   (b) The Treasurer shall invest moneys contained in the Film
Promotion and Marketing Fund not needed to meet current obligations
in the same manner as other public funds are invested. Interest that
accrues from the investments shall be credited to the fund.
   (c) Proceeds that accrue to the state from the sales of location
library documents, photocopying, and other film-related informational
documents shall be deposited in the fund.
   (d) The commission may receive and accept for deposit in the Film
Promotion and Marketing Fund moneys from any and all public or
private sources that support the purposes within this chapter.
   (e) Moneys in the Film Promotion and Marketing Fund shall be
available for expenditure by the commission, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, for activities performed consistent with the
Cooperative Motion Picture Marketing Plan pursuant to Section
14998.12.