BILL NUMBER: SB 2061	CHAPTERED  09/27/00

	CHAPTER   700
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 25, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 28, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 27, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 24, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Schiff
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Kuehl)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act to add Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 14999.50) to Part
5.7 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to
film and television production.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 2061, Schiff.   State Theatrical Arts Resources Partnership.
   Existing law sets forth the duties of the Trade and Commerce
Agency, and of the California Film Commission within the agency, in
helping to maintain and improve the position of the state's motion
picture industry in the national and world markets.
   This bill would establish the State Theatrical Arts Resources
(STAR) Partnership within the commission.  It would require the
commission to collaborate with the Department of General Services and
other appropriate state agencies in identifying surplus state
properties that may be available for use under the partnership, to
list available properties for the use of filmmakers and location
scouts at an interactive web site, and to make those properties
available for film and television movie production at a nominal fee.
It would authorize the commission to initiate discussions with local
film liaisons to help establish local STAR partnerships to identify
local surplus or unused government property or assets that may be
used for commercial motion picture production.


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


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 14999.50) is added
to Part 5.7 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:


      CHAPTER 4.  STATE THEATRICAL ARTS RESOURCES PARTNERSHIP

   14999.50.  It is the intent of the Legislature to help develop
California's film industry and thereby further strengthen the state's
economy by providing surplus government-owned property to film and
television movie production companies at a low cost.
   14999.55.  (a) The State Theatrical Arts Resources (STAR)
Partnership is hereby established within the California Film
Commission.
   (b) The commission shall collaborate with the Department of
General Services and other appropriate state agencies in identifying
surplus state properties that may be available for use under the
partnership.
   (c) The commission shall list available properties for the use of
filmmakers and location scouts at an interactive web site, with
relevant information about the properties and instructions for
contacting the commission and obtaining use of the properties.
   (d) The state properties identified under the program shall be
made available for film and television production at a nominal fee,
as established by the commission and the Department of General
Services or other appropriate state agency.  Production companies
shall be responsible for any additional related costs, such as
maintenance or electrical costs, that the state incurs because of
filming at the property.
   (e) The commission shall work with the Film Liaisons in
California, Statewide, to establish local STAR partnerships to
identify local surplus or unused government property or assets that
may be used for film and television movie production.