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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                           1131 (Calderon)
          
          Hearing Date:  4/26/2010        Amended: A I
          Consultant:  Bob Franzoia       Policy Vote: GO 7-1
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 1131 would prohibit the state from expending  
          any state funds for the purpose of filming or producing  
          commercials or other filmed materials outside of the state.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

          Major Provisions         2010-11      2011-12       2012-13     Fund
           Filmed material prohibition       Unknown costs              
          General/                                                     
          Special
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          STAFF COMMENTS: This bill may meet the criteria for referral to  
          the Suspense File.
          
          Information related to the amount of state funded filming or  
          commercial production outside of the state is scarce, at best.   
          What information there is appears to suggest the amount is small  
          though, as noted, undeterminable.  One example of filming or  
          commercial production outside of the state occurred when the  
          California Milk Advisory Board did production work for ten  
          commercials in New Zealand.  The board has indicated all the  
          post-production work, about 80 percent of the total work  
          involved, was completed in California.

          For any part of film or commercial production that was competed  
          outside of the state for less than $50,000 to $150,000 than that  
          production could be completed in the state, this bill would meet  
          the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.  Because filming  
          or commercial production work may be bid on by advertising  
          agencies throughout the country, who may then subcontract for  
          the actual filming or commercial production, it may be difficult  
          to track funding and enforce the prohibition.

          The reach of the prohibition may be unnecessarily restrictive,  










          though unintentionally.  For example, state entities such as the  
          University of California own facilities outside of the state and  
          may produce materials that might be subject to this prohibition.  
           To prevent this bill from unintentionally restricting such  
          activities, staff recommends this bill be amended as follows:

          11082.  Notwithstanding any other law, the state shall not  
          expend any state funds for the purpose of filming or producing  
          commercials or other filmed materials for commercial use outside  
          of the state.