Amended in Senate August 27, 2014

Amended in Senate August 22, 2014

Amended in Senate August 20, 2014

Amended in Senate July 2, 2014

Amended in Senate June 17, 2014

Amended in Assembly May 23, 2014

Amended in Assembly March 19, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1839

Introduced by Assembly Members Gatto and Bocanegra

(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Allen, Bloom, Bonta, Brown, Ian Calderon, Campos, Dababneh, Garcia, Gorell, Hall, Muratsuchi, V. Manuel Pérez, Rendon, and Wilk)

(Principal coauthors: Senators Lieu and Padilla)

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bradford, Chávez, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Fox, Beth Gaines, Gonzalez, Gray, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nestande, Pan, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rodriguez, Ting, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, and Williams)

(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Correa, Gaines, Galgiani, Huff, Knight, Liu, Morrell, Pavley, Torres, Walters, and Wyland)

February 18, 2014

An act to amend begin delete Sections 17053.85, 23036, and 23685 end delete begin insert Section 23036 end insert of, to add Sections 38.9, 17053.95, and 23695 to, and to repeal and amend Section 6902.5 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1839, as amended, Gatto. Income taxes: qualified motion pictures.

The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law allow various credits against the taxes imposed by those laws, including a credit against those taxes for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, in an amount equal to an applicable percentage of either 20% or 25%, respectively, of the qualified expenditures, as defined, attributable to the production of a qualified motion picture in California, or, where the qualified motion picture is a television series that relocated to California or is an independent film, as provided. Existing law imposes specified duties on the California Film Commission related to the administration of the credits, including a requirement to allocate the tax credits until July 1, 2017, and limits the aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated to qualified motion pictures in any fiscal year to $100,000,000 through the 2016-17 fiscal year. Existing law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, in lieu of the credits authorized under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for qualified motion pictures described above, also allows a credit against qualified state sales and use taxes, as provided.

Existing law provides for a tentative minimum tax and further provides that, except for specified credits, no other credit shall reduce the tax imposed below the tentative minimum tax.

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For those existing credits, this bill would allow an additional $100,000,000 of credits to be allocated over the 2015-16 and 2016-17 fiscal years.

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This bill would also establish similar credits under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, to be allocated by the California Film Commission on or after January 1, 2015, and before July 1, begin delete 2019. end delete begin insert 2020. end insert This bill would, as compared to the existing tax credits, extend the scope of the credits for a qualified motion picture to the applicable percentage of qualified expenditures up to $100,000,000, would extend the credit to qualified expenditures for television pilot episodes, qualified expenditures for qualified visual effects, and qualified expenditures relating to music scoring and music track recording by musicians, would provide limited credit allocation priority for specified television series, and would determine an applicable percentage of 25% or 20% for qualified begin delete expenditures for television series relocating to California based on the number of years the series has received the credit since relocation to California and where in California photography occurs end delete begin insert expenditures, with an additional credit amount available, as specified end insert . This bill would limit the aggregate amount of these new credits to be allocated in each fiscal year begin insert to up end insert to begin delete $400 end delete begin insert $330 end insert million, and would, subject to a computation and ranking of applicants based on the jobs ratio, as defined, require the California Film Commission to allocate credit amounts subject to specified categories of qualified motion pictures. This bill would, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, in lieu of the credits authorized under the Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law for qualified motion pictures described above, allow a credit against qualified state sales and use taxes, as provided. This bill would also require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to prepare reports related to the effectiveness and administration of the qualified motion picture credit under the Sales and Use Tax Law, the Personal Income Tax Law, and the Corporation Tax Law.

This bill would, for taxable years, beginning on or after January 1, 2016, additionally allow the credit under the Corporation Tax Law for qualified expenditures for the production of qualified motion pictures to reduce the tentative minimum tax.

This bill would also make findings and declarations related to the entertainment industry, and would urge the United States begin delete Congress end delete begin insert Department of Commerce end insert and the International Trade Commission to investigate and impose sanctions on specified motion picture productions and elements of production to combat unfair and illegal competition.

Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.

This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

The bill would state that its provisions are severable.

This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 23036 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, proposed by AB 2754, to be operative only if AB 2754 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2015, and this bill is chaptered last.

This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:

(a) There has been no greater ambassador for the State of
California than its artistic output, inspiring generations to dream
about the bounty of this golden state, driving a modern gold rush
of those who came here to be a part of that California dream, as
they had done during the Gold Rush and the Dust Bowl migrations
during previous generations.

(b) California’s artistic output is manifested in the evolution of
Hollywood, a locale internationally celebrated as the home of the
entertainment industry, having established itself as a filmmaking
locale by the early 1900s.

(c) Hollywood’s cultural output is a primary reason why
California emerged as a thought leader in the United States, and
around the world.

(d) The benefits of a healthy entertainment industry manifest
themselves in healthy employment markets, healthy tourism,
healthy local economies, and healthy family units.

(e) However, since 1997, other states and nations have sought
to lure the economic activity, tax revenue, workforce, and renown
that are concomitant to the industry.

(f) California’s entertainment workforce has been steadily
eroding for more than a decade, forcing thousands of Californians
to temporarily or permanently relocate, leaving their families and
communities behind.

(g) The exodus of the film industry has hurt related businesses
that provide the motion picture industry with specialized services,
equipment, and facilities.

(h) The visual effects industry is a highly qualified and highly
skilled sector of the entertainment industry that is becoming
increasingly significant as films become more technical in nature.

(i) In search of subsidy programs that specifically target special
effects, visual effects, and virtual photography, many
California-based companies have opened international offices to
compete for tax incentives offered in those jurisdictions.

(j) California, and the United States as a whole, is facing
growing competition from international governments that have
implemented aggressive tax rebates and initiatives that have lured
tens of thousands of jobs associated with film production,
postproduction, visual effects, and music scoring abroad.

(k) The federal International Trade Commission exercises broad
authority to investigate the effects of subsidized imports on
domestic industries, to conduct global safeguard investigations,
and to protect domestic industries from unfair acts in importation.

(l) It is the intent of the Legislature to urge the United States
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Commission to investigate aggressively and impose sanctions,
including tariffs, on productions and elements of production,
including visual effects, virtual photography, and music scoring,
that are digitally distributed and electronically transmitted, in its
definition of “articles” protected by the Tariff Act, to combat unfair
and illegal competition begin delete from international parties. end delete begin insert caused by
international subsidies to these articles of commerce, and to urge
the United States Congress to take other appropriate actions end insert begin insert . end insert

(m) A central focus of this Legislature has been developing
policies to help California climb out of the great recession and put
families back to work. In order to halt the steady outward march
of jobs and creativity, California must have a robust, smart, and
efficient tax incentive program that guarantees job growth and
economic expansion, coupled with strong accountability and
transparency measures. Towards this end, California’s tax credits
for film and television must be reformed to ensure that California’s
taxpayers receive the maximum possible economic return on their
investment. It is the intent of this legislation to replace the
program’s current arbitrary lottery system with a competitive and
accountable system that ranks tax credit applications according to
net new jobs created and overall positive and sustained economic
impacts for the entire state.

SEC. 2.  

Section 38.9 is added to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to read:

38.9.  

(a) On or before July 1, 2019, the Legislative Analyst’s
Office shall provide to the Assembly Committee on Revenue and
Taxation, the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance, and
the public a report evaluating the economic effects and
administration of the tax credits allowed pursuant to Sections
6902.5, as amended by the act adding this section, 17053.95, and
23695. In researching the reports, the Legislative Analyst’s Office
may do all of the following:

(1) Request and receive all information provided to the
California Film Commission pursuant to subdivision (g) of Sections
17053.95 and 23695.

(2) Request and receive all information provided to the Franchise
Tax Board relating to the sale or assignment of credits pursuant
to subdivision (c) of Sections 17053.95 and 23695.

(3) Request and receive all information provided to the board
pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (g) of Section 6902.5, as amended
by the act adding this section.

(b) The California Film Commission, the board, the Franchise
Tax Board, the Employment Development Department, and all
other relevant state agencies shall provide additional information,
as specified by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, as needed to
research the reports required by this section.

(c) (1) The information received by the Legislative Analyst’s
Office pursuant to this section shall be considered confidential
taxpayer information subject to Sections 7056, 7056.5, and 19542
of this code and Section 1094 of the Unemployment Insurance
Code, and shall be subject to the appropriate confidentiality
requirements of the participating state agency.

(2) The Legislative Analyst’s Office may publish statistics in
conjunction with the reports required by this section that are
derived from information provided to the Legislative Analyst’s
Office pursuant to this section, if the published statistics are
classified to prevent the identification of particular taxpayers,
reports, and tax returns and the publication of the percentage of
dividends paid by a corporation that is deductible by the recipient
under Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) of Division 2.

SEC. 3.  

Section 6902.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as
added by Section 1 of Chapter 10 of the Third Extraordinary
Session of the Statutes of 2009, is repealed.

SEC. 4.  

Section 6902.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as
added by Section 1 of Chapter 17 of the Third Extraordinary
Session of the Statutes of 2009, is amended to read:

6902.5.  

(a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Qualified taxpayer” means a person who is a qualified
taxpayer within the meaning of paragraph (17) of subdivision (b)
of Section 17053.85, 17053.95, 23685, or 23695.

(2) “Affiliate” means a qualified taxpayer’s affiliated corporation
that has been assigned any portion of the credit amount by the
qualified taxpayer pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 23685 or
subdivision (c) of Section 23695.

(3) “Credit amount” means an amount equal to the tax credit
amount that would otherwise be allowed to a qualified taxpayer
pursuant to Section 17053.85, 17053.95, 23685, or 23695 but for
the election made pursuant to this section.

(4) “Production period” means the production period as defined
in paragraph (12) of subdivision (b) of Section 17053.85, 17053.95,
23685, or 23695.

(5) (A) “Qualified sales and use taxes” means any state sales
and use taxes imposed by Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001),
on the operative date of the act adding this section.

(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), “qualified sales and use
taxes” does not mean taxes imposed by Section 6051.2, 6051.5,
6201.2, 6201.5, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), Part
1.6 (commencing with Section 7251), or Section 35 of Article XIII
of the California Constitution.

(b) (1) A qualified taxpayer may, in lieu of claiming the credit
allowed by Section 17053.85, 17053.95, 23685, or 23695 make
an irrevocable election to apply the credit amount against qualified
sales and use taxes imposed on the qualified taxpayer in accordance
with this section.

(2) An affiliate may, in lieu of claiming the assigned portion of
the credit allowed by Section 23685 or 23695, make an irrevocable
election to apply the assigned portion of the credit amount against
qualified sales and use taxes imposed on the affiliate in accordance
with this section.

(c) (1) A qualified taxpayer or affiliate shall submit to the board
an irrevocable election, in a form as prescribed by the board, which
shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(A) Representation that the claimant is a qualified taxpayer or
an affiliate.

(B) Statement of the dates on which the production period began
and ended.

(C) The credit amount, and if an affiliate, the portion of the
credit amount assigned to it and documentation supporting the
assignment of that portion of the credit amount.

(D) The amount of qualified sales and use taxes the claimant
remitted to the board during the period commencing on the first
day of the calendar quarter commencing immediately before the
beginning of the production period, and ending on the date the
claimant was required to file its most recent sales and use tax return
with the board.

(E) A copy of the credit certificate issued pursuant to
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g) of Section
17053.85 or 23685 or subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of
subdivision (g) of Section 17053.95 or 23695.

(2) The election shall be filed on or before the date on which
the qualified taxpayer or affiliate would first be allowed to claim
a credit pursuant to Section 17053.85, 17053.95, 23685, or 23695
on its tax return.

(d) (1) The claimant may elect to obtain a refund of qualified
sales and use taxes paid during the period described in
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c). If the
claimant elects to obtain a refund of qualified sales and use taxes,
the claimant shall file a claim for refund with the irrevocable
election described in subdivision (c). The refund amount shall not
exceed, for a qualified taxpayer, the credit amount, or for an
affiliate, the portion of the credit amount assigned to it.

(2) No interest shall be paid on any amount refunded or credited
pursuant to paragraph (1).

(e) If the claimant does not elect to obtain a refund or in the
case where the credit amount, or assigned portion, exceeds the
amount of its claim for refund for the qualified sales and use taxes,
the claimant may, for the reporting periods in the five years
following the last reporting period as described in subparagraph
(D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), offset any remaining credit
amount, or assigned portion, against the qualified sales and use
taxes imposed during those reporting periods.

(f) Section 6961 shall apply to any refund, or part thereof, that
is erroneously made and any credit, or part thereof, that is
erroneously allowed pursuant to this section.

(g) The board shall provide an annual listing to the Franchise
Tax Board, in a form and manner agreed upon by the board and
the Franchise Tax Board, of the qualified taxpayers, or affiliates
that have been assigned a portion of the credit allowed under
Section 23685 pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 23685 or
Section 23695 pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 23695, who,
during the year, have made an irrevocable election pursuant to this
section and the credit amount, or portion of the credit amount,
claimed by each qualified taxpayer or affiliate.

(h) The board may prescribe rules and regulations for the
administration of this section.

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SEC. 5.  

Section 17053.85 of the Revenue and Taxation Code
is amended to read:

17053.85.  

(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2011, there shall be allowed to a qualified taxpayer a
credit against the “net tax,” as defined in Section 17039, in an
amount equal to the applicable percentage, as specified in
paragraph (4), of the qualified expenditures for the production of
a qualified motion picture in California.

(2) The credit shall be allowed for the taxable year in which the
California Film Commission issues the credit certificate pursuant
to subdivision (g) for the qualified motion picture, and shall be for
the applicable percentage of all qualified expenditures paid or
incurred by the qualified taxpayer in all taxable years for that
qualified motion picture.

(3) The amount of the credit allowed to a qualified taxpayer
shall be limited to the amount specified in the credit certificate
issued to the qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission
pursuant to subdivision (g).

(4) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the applicable
percentage shall be:

(A) Twenty percent of the qualified expenditures attributable
to the production of a qualified motion picture in California.

(B) Twenty-five percent of the qualified expenditures
attributable to the production of a qualified motion picture in
California where the qualified motion picture is a television series
that relocated to California or an independent film.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Ancillary product” means any article for sale to the public
that contains a portion of, or any element of, the qualified motion
picture.

(2) “Budget” means an estimate of all expenses paid or incurred
during the production period of a qualified motion picture. It shall
be the same budget used by the qualified taxpayer and production
company for all qualified motion picture purposes.

(3) “Clip use” means a use of any portion of a motion picture,
other than the qualified motion picture, used in the qualified motion
picture.

(4) “Credit certificate” means the certificate issued by the
California Film Commission pursuant to subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (g).

(5) (A) “Employee fringe benefits” means the amount allowable
as a deduction under this part to the qualified taxpayer involved
in the production of the qualified motion picture, exclusive of any
amounts contributed by employees, for any year during the
production period with respect to any of the following:

(i) Employer contributions under any pension, profit-sharing,
annuity, or similar plan.

(ii) Employer-provided coverage under any accident or health
plan for employees.

(iii) The employer’s cost of life or disability insurance provided
to employees.

(B) Any amount treated as wages under clause (i) of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (18) shall not be taken into account
under this paragraph.

(6) “Independent film” means a motion picture with a minimum
budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and a maximum budget
of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) that is produced by a company
that is not publicly traded and publicly traded companies do not
own, directly or indirectly, more than 25 percent of the producing
company.

(7) “Licensing” means any grant of rights to distribute the
qualified motion picture, in whole or in part.

(8) “New use” means any use of a motion picture in a medium
other than the medium for which it was initially created.

(9) (A) “Postproduction” means the final activities in a qualified
motion picture’s production, including editing, foley recording,
automatic dialogue replacement, sound editing, scoring and music
editing, beginning and end credits, negative cutting, negative
processing and duplication, the addition of sound and visual effects,
soundmixing, film-to-tape transfers, encoding, and color correction.

(B) “Postproduction” does not include the manufacture or
shipping of release prints.

(10) “Preproduction” means the process of preparation for actual
physical production which begins after a qualified motion picture
has received a firm agreement of financial commitment, or is
greenlit, with, for example, the establishment of a dedicated
production office, the hiring of key crew members, and includes,
but is not limited to, activities that include location scouting and
execution of contracts with vendors of equipment and stage space.

(11) “Principal photography” means the phase of production
during which the motion picture is actually shot, as distinguished
from preproduction and postproduction.

(12) “Production period” means the period beginning with
preproduction and ending upon completion of postproduction.

(13) “Qualified entity” means a personal service corporation as
defined in Section 269A(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, a
payroll services corporation, or any entity receiving qualified wages
with respect to services performed by a qualified individual.

(14) (A) “Qualified individual” means any individual who
performs services during the production period in an activity related
to the production of a qualified motion picture.

(B) “Qualified individual” shall not include either of the
following:

(i) Any individual related to the qualified taxpayer as described
in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of Section 51(i)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code.

(ii) Any 5-percent owner, as defined in Section 416(i)(1)(B) of
the Internal Revenue Code, of the qualified taxpayer.

(15) (A) “Qualified motion picture” means a motion picture
that is produced for distribution to the general public, regardless
of medium, that is one of the following:

(i) A feature with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000) and a maximum production budget of
seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000).

(ii) A movie of the week or miniseries with a minimum
production budget of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(iii) A new television series produced in California with a
minimum production budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000)
licensed for original distribution on basic cable.

(iv) An independent film.

(v) A television series that relocated to California.

(B) To qualify as a “qualified motion picture,” all of the
following conditions shall be satisfied:

(i) At least 75 percent of the production days occur wholly in
California or 75 percent of the production budget is incurred for
payment for services performed within the state and the purchase
or rental of property used within the state.

(ii) Production of the qualified motion picture is completed
within 30 months from the date on which the qualified taxpayer’s
application is approved by the California Film Commission. For
purposes of this section, a qualified motion picture is “completed”
when the process of postproduction has been finished.

(iii) The copyright for the motion picture is registered with the
United States Copyright Office pursuant to Title 17 of the United
States Code.

(iv) Principal photography of the qualified motion picture
commences after the date on which the application is approved by
the California Film Commission, but no later than 180 days after
the date of that approval.

(C) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), in computing the
total wages paid or incurred for the production of a qualified
motion picture, all amounts paid or incurred by all persons or
entities that share in the costs of the qualified motion picture shall
be aggregated.

(D) “Qualified motion picture” shall not include commercial
advertising, music videos, a motion picture produced for private
noncommercial use, such as weddings, graduations, or as part of
an educational course and made by students, a news program,
current events or public events program, talk show, game show,
sporting event or activity, awards show, telethon or other
production that solicits funds, reality television program, clip-based
programming if more than 50 percent of the content is comprised
of licensed footage, documentaries, variety programs, daytime
dramas, strip shows, one-half hour (air time) episodic television
shows, or any production that falls within the recordkeeping
requirements of Section 2257 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(16) “Qualified expenditures” means amounts paid or incurred
to purchase or lease tangible personal property used within this
state in the production of a qualified motion picture and payments,
including qualified wages, for services performed within this state
in the production of a qualified motion picture.

(17) (A) “Qualified taxpayer” means a taxpayer who has paid
or incurred qualified expenditures and has been issued a credit
certificate by the California Film Commission pursuant to
subdivision (g).

(B) In the case of any pass-thru entity, the determination of
whether a taxpayer is a qualified taxpayer under this section shall
be made at the entity level and any credit under this section is not
allowed to the pass-thru entity, but shall be passed through to the
partners or shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions
of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001). For purposes of this paragraph,
“pass-thru entity” means any entity taxed as a partnership or “S”
corporation.

(18) (A) “Qualified wages” means all of the following:

(i) Any wages subject to withholding under Division 6
(commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance
Code that were paid or incurred by any taxpayer involved in the
production of a qualified motion picture with respect to a qualified
individual for services performed on the qualified motion picture
production within this state.

(ii) The portion of any employee fringe benefits paid or incurred
by any taxpayer involved in the production of the qualified motion
picture that are properly allocable to qualified wage amounts
described in clause (i).

(iii) Any payments made to a qualified entity for services
performed in this state by qualified individuals within the meaning
of paragraph (14).

(iv) Remuneration paid to an independent contractor who is a
qualified individual for services performed within this state by that
qualified individual.

(B) “Qualified wages” shall not include any of the following:

(i) Expenses, including wages, related to new use, reuse, clip
use, licensing, secondary markets, or residual compensation, or
the creation of any ancillary product, including, but not limited to,
a soundtrack album, toy, game, trailer, or teaser.

(ii) Expenses, including wages, paid or incurred with respect to
acquisition, development, turnaround, or any rights thereto.

(iii) Expenses, including wages, related to financing, overhead,
marketing, promotion, or distribution of a qualified motion picture.

(iv) Expenses, including wages, paid per person per qualified
motion picture for writers, directors, music directors, music
composers, music supervisors, producers, and performers, other
than background actors with no scripted lines.

(19) “Residual compensation” means supplemental
compensation paid at the time that a motion picture is exhibited
through new use, reuse, clip use, or in secondary markets, as
distinguished from payments made during production.

(20) “Reuse” means any use of a qualified motion picture in the
same medium for which it was created, following the initial use
in that medium.

(21) “Secondary markets” means media in which a qualified
motion picture is exhibited following the initial media in which it
is exhibited.

(22) “Television series that relocated to California” means a
television series, without regard to episode length or initial media
exhibition, that filmed all of its prior season or seasons outside of
California and for which the taxpayer certifies that the credit
provided pursuant to this section is the primary reason for
relocating to California.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a qualified taxpayer
may sell any credit allowed under this section that is attributable
to an independent film, as defined in paragraph (6) of subdivision
(b), to an unrelated party.

(2) The qualified taxpayer shall report to the Franchise Tax
Board prior to the sale of the credit, in the form and manner
specified by the Franchise Tax Board, all required information
regarding the purchase and sale of the credit, including the social
security or other taxpayer identification number of the unrelated
party to whom the credit has been sold, the face amount of the
credit sold, and the amount of consideration received by the
qualified taxpayer for the sale of the credit.

(3) In the case where the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “net tax,” the excess credit may be carried over to
reduce the “net tax” in the following taxable year, and succeeding
five taxable years, if necessary, until the credit has been exhausted.

(4) A credit shall not be sold pursuant to this subdivision to
more than one taxpayer, nor may the credit be resold by the
unrelated party to another taxpayer or other party.

(5) A party that has acquired tax credits under this section shall
be subject to the requirements of this section.

(6) In no event may a qualified taxpayer assign or sell any tax
credit to the extent the tax credit allowed by this section is claimed
on any tax return of the qualified taxpayer.

(7) In the event that both the taxpayer originally allocated a
credit under this section by the California Film Commission and
a taxpayer to whom the credit has been sold both claim the same
amount of credit on their tax returns, the Franchise Tax Board may
disallow the credit of either taxpayer, so long as the statute of
limitations upon assessment remains open.

(8) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to
any standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board
pursuant to this subdivision.

(9) Subdivision (g) of Section 17039 shall not apply to any
credit sold pursuant to this subdivision.

(10) For purposes of this subdivision, the unrelated party or
parties that purchase a credit pursuant to this subdivision shall be
treated as a qualified taxpayer pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a).

(d) No credit shall be allowed pursuant to this section unless
the qualified taxpayer provides the following to the California
Film Commission:

(1) Identification of each qualified individual.

(2) The specific start and end dates of production.

(3) The total wages paid.

(4) The amount of qualified wages paid to each qualified
individual.

(5) The copyright registration number, as reflected on the
certificate of registration issued under the authority of Section 410
of Title 17 of the United States Code, relating to registration of
claim and issuance of certificate. The registration number shall be
provided on the return claiming the credit.

(6) The total amounts paid or incurred to purchase or lease
tangible personal property used in the production of a qualified
motion picture.

(7) Information to substantiate its qualified expenditures.

(8) Information required by the California Film Commission
under regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (g)
necessary to verify the amount of credit claimed.

(e) The California Film Commission may prescribe rules and
regulations to carry out the purposes of this section including any
rules and regulations necessary to establish procedures, processes,
requirements, and rules identified in or required to implement this
section. The regulations shall include provisions to set aside a
percentage of annual credit allocations for independent films.

(f) If the qualified taxpayer fails to provide the copyright
registration number as required in paragraph (5) of subdivision
(d), the credit shall be disallowed and assessed and collected under
Section 19051 until the procedures are satisfied.

(g) For purposes of this section, the California Film Commission
shall do the following:

(1) On or after July 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2017, allocate
tax credits to applicants.

(A) Establish a procedure for applicants to file with the
California Film Commission a written application, on a form jointly
prescribed by the California Film Commission and the Franchise
Tax Board for the allocation of the tax credit. The application shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(i) The budget for the motion picture production.

(ii) The number of production days.

(iii) A financing plan for the production.

(iv) The diversity of the workforce employed by the applicant,
including, but not limited to, the ethnic and racial makeup of the
individuals employed by the applicant during the production of
the qualified motion picture, to the extent possible.

(v) All members of a combined reporting group, if known at
the time of the application.

(vi) Financial information, if available, including, but not limited
to, the most recently produced balance sheets, annual statements
of profits and losses, audited or unaudited financial statements,
summary budget projections or results, or the functional equivalent
of these documents of a partnership or owner of a single member
limited liability company that is disregarded pursuant to Section
23038. The information provided pursuant to this clause shall be
confidential and shall not be subject to public disclosure.

(vii) The names of all partners in a partnership not publicly
traded or the names of all members of a limited liability company
classified as a partnership not publicly traded for California income
tax purposes that have a financial interest in the applicant’s
qualified motion picture. The information provided pursuant to
this clause shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public
disclosure.

(viii) Detailed narratives, for use only by the Legislative
Analyst’s Office in conducting a study of the effectiveness of this
credit, that describe the extent to which the credit is expected to
influence or affect filming and other business location decisions,
hiring decisions, salary decisions, and any other financial matters
of the applicant.

(ix) Any other information deemed relevant by the California
Film Commission or the Franchise Tax Board.

(B) Establish criteria, consistent with the requirements of this
section, for allocating tax credits.

(C) Determine and designate applicants who meet the
requirements of this section.

(D) Process and approve, or reject, all applications on a
first-come-first-served basis.

(E) Subject to the annual cap established as provided in
subdivision (i), allocate an aggregate amount of credits under this
section and Section 23685, and allocate any carryover of
unallocated credits from prior years.

(2) Certify tax credits allocated to qualified taxpayers.

(A) Establish a verification procedure for the amount of qualified
expenditures paid or incurred by the applicant, including, but not
limited to, updates to the information in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (g).

(B) Establish audit requirements that must be satisfied before
a credit certificate may be issued by the California Film
Commission.

(C) (i) Establish a procedure for a qualified taxpayer to report
to the California Film Commission, prior to the issuance of a credit
certificate, the following information:

(I) If readily available, a list of the states, provinces, or other
jurisdictions in which any member of the applicant’s combined
reporting group in the same business unit as the qualified taxpayer
that, in the preceding calendar year, has produced a qualified
motion picture intended for release in the United States market.
For purposes of this clause, “qualified motion picture” shall not
include any episodes of a television series that were complete or
in production prior to July 1, 2009.

(II) Whether a qualified motion picture described in subclause
(I) was awarded any financial incentive by the state, province, or
other jurisdiction that was predicated on the performance of
primary principal photography or postproduction in that location.

(ii) The California Film Commission may provide that the report
required by this subparagraph be filed in a single report provided
on a calendar year basis for those qualified taxpayers that receive
multiple credit certificates in a calendar year.

(D) Issue a credit certificate to a qualified taxpayer upon
completion of the qualified motion picture reflecting the credit
amount allocated after qualified expenditures have been verified
under this section. The amount of credit shown in the credit
certificate shall not exceed the amount of credit allocated to that
qualified taxpayer pursuant to this section.

(3) Obtain, when possible, the following information from
applicants that do not receive an allocation of credit:

(A) Whether the qualified motion picture that was the subject
of the application was completed.

(B) If completed, in which state or foreign jurisdiction was the
primary principal photography completed.

(C) Whether the applicant received any financial incentives
from the state or foreign jurisdiction to make the qualified motion
picture in that location.

(4) Provide the Legislative Analyst’s Office, upon request, any
or all application materials or any other materials received from,
or submitted by, the applicants, in electronic format when available,
including, but not limited to, information provided pursuant to
clauses (i) to (ix), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).

(5) The information provided to the California Film Commission
pursuant to this section shall constitute confidential tax information
for purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 19542) of
Chapter 7 of Part 10.2.

(h) (1) The California Film Commission shall annually provide
the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the Franchise Tax Board, and the
board with a list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts
allocated to each qualified taxpayer by the California Film
Commission. The list shall include the names and taxpayer
identification numbers, including taxpayer identification numbers
of each partner or shareholder, as applicable, of the qualified
taxpayer.

(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (g), the
California Film Commission shall annually post on its Internet
Web site and make available for public release the following:

(i) A table which includes all of the following information: a
list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts allocated to
each qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission, the
number of production days in California the qualified taxpayer
represented in its application would occur, the number of California
jobs that the qualified taxpayer represented in its application would
be directly created by the production, and the total amount of
qualified expenditures expected to be spent by the production.

(ii) A narrative staff summary describing the production of the
qualified taxpayer as well as background information regarding
the qualified taxpayer contained in the qualified taxpayer’s
application for the credit.

(B) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to make the
information submitted by an applicant for a tax credit under this
section a public record.

(i) (1) The aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated
in any fiscal year pursuant to this section and Section 23685 shall
be an amount equal to the sum of all of the following:

(A) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in credits for
the 2009-10 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, through
and including the 2014-15 fiscal year.

(B) In addition to the amounts specified in subparagraph (A),
one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in the aggregate
amount of credits that may be allocated for the 2015-16 and
2016-17 fiscal years.

(C) The unused allocation credit amount, if any, for the
preceding fiscal year.

(D) The amount of previously allocated credits not certified.

(2) If the amount of credits applied for in any particular fiscal
year exceeds the aggregate amount of tax credits authorized to be
allocated under this section, such excess shall be treated as having
been applied for on the first day of the subsequent fiscal year.
However, credits may not be allocated from a fiscal year other
than the fiscal year in which the credit was originally applied for
or the immediately succeeding fiscal year.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the California Film
Commission shall set aside up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000)
of tax credits each fiscal year for independent films allocated in
accordance with rules and regulations developed pursuant to
subdivision (e).

(4) Any act that reduces the amount that may be allocated
pursuant to paragraph (1) constitutes a change in state taxes for
the purpose of increasing revenues within the meaning of Section
3 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and may be passed
by not less than two-thirds of all Members elected to each of the
two houses of the Legislature.

(j) The California Film Commission shall have the authority to
allocate tax credits in accordance with this section and in
accordance with any regulations prescribed pursuant to subdivision
(e) upon adoption.

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begin insert SEC. 5. end insert   

Section 17053.95 is added to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to read:

17053.95.  

(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2016, there shall be allowed to a qualified taxpayer a
credit against the “net tax,” as defined in Section 17039, subject
to a computation and ranking by the California Film Commission
in subdivision (g) and the allocation amount categories described
in subdivision (i), in an amount equal to 20 percent or 25 percent,
whichever is the applicable credit percentage described in
paragraph (4), of the qualified expenditures for the production of
a qualified motion picture in California. A credit shall not be
allowed under this section for any qualified expenditures for the
production of a motion picture in California if a credit has been
claimed for those same expenditures under Section 17053.85.

(2)  begin delete The end delete begin insert Except as otherwise provided in this section, the end insert credit
shall be allowed for the taxable year in which the California Film
Commission issues the credit certificate pursuant to subdivision
(g) for the qualified motion picture, but in no instance prior to July
1, 2016, and shall be for the applicable percentage of all qualified
expenditures paid or incurred by the qualified taxpayer in all
taxable years for that qualified motion picture.

(3) The amount of the credit allowed to a qualified taxpayer
shall be limited to the amount specified in the credit certificate
issued to the qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission
pursuant to subdivision (g).

(4) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the applicable credit
percentage shall be:

(A) Twenty percent of the qualified expenditures attributable
to the production of a qualified motion picture in California,
including, but not limited to, a feature, up to one hundred million
dollars ($100,000,000) in qualified expenditures, or a television
series that relocated to California that is in its second or subsequent
years of receiving a tax credit allocation pursuant to this section
or Section 17053.85.

(B) Twenty-five percent of the qualified expenditures
attributable to the production of a qualified motion picture in
California where the qualified motion picture is a television series
that relocated to California in its first year of receiving a tax credit
allocation pursuant to this section.

(C) Twenty-five percent of the qualified expenditures, up to ten
million dollars ($10,000,000), attributable to the production of a
qualified motion picture that is an independent film.

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(D) (i) In order to carry out subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2)
of subdivision (d), the California Film Commission shall increase
the applicable credit percentage by 5 percent, not to exceed a
maximum of 25 percent of qualified expenditures relating to
original photography outside the Los Angeles zone.

end delete begin insert

(D) Additional credits shall be allowed to a qualified motion
picture whose applicable credit percentage is determined pursuant
to subparagraph (A), in an aggregate amount not to exceed 5
percent of the qualified expenditures under that subparagraph, as
follows:

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(i) (I) Five percent of qualified expenditures relating to original
photography outside the Los Angeles zone.

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(ii) 

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begin insert (II) end insert begin insert   end insert For purposes of this begin delete subparagraph: end delete begin insert clause: end insert

begin delete

(I)

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begin insert (ia) end insert  “Applicable period” means the period that commences with
preproduction and ends when original photography concludes. The
applicable period includes the time necessary to strike a remote
location and return to the Los Angeles zone.

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(II)

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begin insert (ib) end insert  “Los Angeles zone” means the area within a circle 30 miles
in radius from Beverly Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, Los
Angeles, California, and includes Agua Dulce, Castaic, including
Lake Castaic, Leo Carillo State Beach, Ontario International
Airport, Piru, and Pomona, including the Los Angeles County
Fairgrounds. The Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Inc. Conejo Ranch
property is within the Los Angeles zone.

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(III) 

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begin insert (ic) end insert begin insert   end insert “Original photography” includes principal photography
and reshooting original footage.

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(IV)

end delete

begin insert (id) end insert  “Qualified expenditures relating to original photography
outside the Los Angeles zone” means amounts paid or incurred
during the applicable period for tangible personal property
purchased or leased and used or consumed outside the Los Angeles
zone and relating to original photography outside the Los Angeles
zone and qualified wages paid for services performed outside the
Los Angeles zone and relating to original photography outside the
Los Angeles zone.

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(E) Twenty-five

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begin insert (ii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Five end insert percent of the qualified expenditures relating to music
scoring and music track recording by musicians attributable to the
production of a qualified motion picture in California.

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(F) Twenty-five

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begin insert (iii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Five end insert percent of the qualified expenditures relating to
qualified visual effects attributable to the production of a qualified
motion picture in California.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Ancillary product” means any article for sale to the public
that contains a portion of, or any element of, the qualified motion
picture.

(2) “Budget” means an estimate of all expenses paid or incurred
during the production period of a qualified motion picture. It shall
be the same budget used by the qualified taxpayer and production
company for all qualified motion picture purposes.

(3) “Clip use” means a use of any portion of a motion picture,
other than the qualified motion picture, used in the qualified motion
picture.

(4) “Credit certificate” means the certificate issued by the
California Film Commission pursuant to subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (g).

(5) (A) “Employee fringe benefits” means the amount allowable
as a deduction under this part to the qualified taxpayer involved
in the production of the qualified motion picture, exclusive of any
amounts contributed by employees, for any year during the
production period with respect to any of the following:

(i) Employer contributions under any pension, profit-sharing,
annuity, or similar plan.

(ii) Employer-provided coverage under any accident or health
plan for employees.

(iii) The employer’s cost of life or disability insurance provided
to employees.

(B) Any amount treated as wages under clause (i) of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (21) shall not be taken into account
under this paragraph.

(6) “Independent film” means a motion picture with a minimum
budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000) that is produced by a
company that is not publicly traded and publicly traded companies
do not own, directly or indirectly, more than 25 percent of the
producing company.

(7) “Jobs ratio” means the amount of qualified wages paid to
qualified individuals divided by the amount of tax credit, begin insert not
including any additional credit allowed pursuant to subparagraph
(D) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), end insert as computed by the
California Film Commission.

(8) “Licensing” means any grant of rights to distribute the
qualified motion picture, in whole or in part.

(9) “New use” means any use of a motion picture in a medium
other than the medium for which it was initially created.

(10) “Pilot for a new television series” means the initial episode
produced for a proposed television series.

(11) (A) “Postproduction” means the final activities in a
qualified motion picture’s production, including editing, foley
recording, automatic dialogue replacement, sound editing, scoring,
music track recording by musicians and music editing, beginning
and end credits, negative cutting, negative processing and
duplication, the addition of sound and visual effects, sound mixing,
film-to-tape transfers, encoding, and color correction.

(B) “Postproduction” does not include the manufacture or
shipping of release prints or their equivalent.

(12) “Preproduction” means the process of preparation for actual
physical production which begins after a qualified motion picture
has received a firm agreement of financial commitment, or is
greenlit, with, for example, the establishment of a dedicated
production office, the hiring of key crew members, and includes,
but is not limited to, activities that include location scouting and
execution of contracts with vendors of equipment and stage space.

(13) “Principal photography” means the phase of production
during which the motion picture is actually shot, as distinguished
from preproduction and postproduction.

(14) “Production period” means the period beginning with
preproduction and ending upon completion of postproduction.

(15) “Qualified entity” means a personal service corporation as
defined in Section 269A(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, a
payroll services corporation, or any entity receiving qualified wages
with respect to services performed by a qualified individual.

(16)  “Qualified expenditures” means amounts paid or incurred
for tangible personal property purchased or leased, and used, within
this state in the production of a qualified motion picture and
payments, including qualified wages, for services performed within
this state in the production of a qualified motion picture.

(17) (A) “Qualified individual” means any individual who
performs services during the production period in an activity related
to the production of a qualified motion picture.

(B) “Qualified individual” shall not include either of the
following:

(i) Any individual related to the qualified taxpayer as described
in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of Section 51(i)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code.

(ii) Any 5-percent owner, as defined in Section 416(i)(1)(B) of
the Internal Revenue Code, of the qualified taxpayer.

(18) (A) “Qualified motion picture” means a motion picture
that is produced for distribution to the general public, regardless
of medium, that is one of the following:

(i) A feature with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000).

(ii) A movie of the week or miniseries with a minimum
production budget of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(iii) A new television series of episodes longer than 40 minutes
each of running time, exclusive of commercials, that is produced
in California, with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000) per episode.

(iv) An independent film.

(v) A television series that relocated to California.

(vi) A pilot for a new television series that is longer than 40
minutes of running time, exclusive of commercials, that is produced
in California, and with a minimum production budget of one
million dollars ($1,000,000).

(B) To qualify as a “qualified motion picture,” all of the
following conditions shall be satisfied:

(i) At least 75 percent of the principal photography days occur
wholly in California or 75 percent of the production budget is
incurred for payment for services performed within the state and
the purchase or rental of property used within the state.

(ii) Production of the qualified motion picture is completed
within 30 months from the date on which the qualified taxpayer’s
application is approved by the California Film Commission. For
purposes of this section, a qualified motion picture is “completed”
when the process of postproduction has been finished.

(iii) The copyright for the motion picture is registered with the
United States Copyright Office pursuant to Title 17 of the United
States Code.

(iv) Principal photography of the qualified motion picture
commences after the date on which the application is approved by
the California Film Commission, but no later than 180 days after
the date of that approval unless death, disability, or disfigurement
of the director or of a principal cast member, an act of God,
including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, storm,
hurricane, or other natural disaster, terrorist activities, or
government sanction has directly prevented a production’s ability
to begin principal photography within the prescribed 180-day
commencement period.

(C) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), in computing the
total wages paid or incurred for the production of a qualified
motion picture, all amounts paid or incurred by all persons or
entities that share in the costs of the qualified motion picture shall
be aggregated.

(D) “Qualified motion picture” shall not include commercial
advertising, music videos, a motion picture produced for private
noncommercial use, such as weddings, graduations, or as part of
an educational course and made by students, a news program,
current events or public events program, talk show, game show,
sporting event or activity, awards show, telethon or other
production that solicits funds, reality television program, clip-based
programming if more than 50 percent of the content is comprised
of licensed footage, documentaries, variety programs, daytime
dramas, strip shows, one-half hour (air time) episodic television
shows, or any production that falls within the recordkeeping
requirements of Section 2257 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(19) (A) “Qualified taxpayer” means a taxpayer who has paid
or incurred qualified expenditures, participated in the Career
Readiness requirement, and has been issued a credit certificate by
the California Film Commission pursuant to subdivision (g).

(B) In the case of any pass-thru entity, the determination of
whether a taxpayer is a qualified taxpayer under this section shall
be made at the entity level and any credit under this section is not
allowed to the pass-thru entity, but shall be passed through to the
partners or shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions
of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001). For purposes of this paragraph,
“pass-thru entity” means any entity taxed as a partnership or “S”
corporation.

(20) “Qualified visual effects” means visual effects where at
least 75 percent or a minimum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000)
of the qualified expenditures for the visual effects is paid or
incurred in California.

(21) (A) “Qualified wages” means all of the following:

(i) Any wages subject to withholding under Division 6
(commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance
Code that were paid or incurred by any taxpayer involved in the
production of a qualified motion picture with respect to a qualified
individual for services performed on the qualified motion picture
production within this state.

(ii) The portion of any employee fringe benefits paid or incurred
by any taxpayer involved in the production of the qualified motion
picture that are properly allocable to qualified wage amounts
described in clauses (i), (iii), and (iv).

(iii) Any payments made to a qualified entity for services
performed in this state by qualified individuals within the meaning
of paragraph (17).

(iv) Remuneration paid to an independent contractor who is a
qualified individual for services performed within this state by that
qualified individual.

(B) “Qualified wages” shall not include any of the following:

(i) Expenses, including wages, related to new use, reuse, clip
use, licensing, secondary markets, or residual compensation, or
the creation of any ancillary product, including, but not limited to,
a soundtrack album, toy, game, trailer, or teaser.

(ii) Expenses, including wages, paid or incurred with respect to
acquisition, development, turnaround, or any rights thereto.

(iii) Expenses, including wages, related to financing, overhead,
marketing, promotion, or distribution of a qualified motion picture.

(iv) Expenses, including wages, paid per person per qualified
motion picture for writers, directors, music directors, music
composers, music supervisors, producers, and performers, other
than background actors with no scripted lines.

(22) “Residual compensation” means supplemental
compensation paid at the time that a motion picture is exhibited
through new use, reuse, clip use, or in secondary markets, as
distinguished from payments made during production.

(23) “Reuse” means any use of a qualified motion picture in the
same medium for which it was created, following the initial use
in that medium.

(24) “Secondary markets” means media in which a qualified
motion picture is exhibited following the initial media in which it
is exhibited.

(25) “Television series that relocated to California” means a
television series, without regard to episode length or initial media
exhibition, with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000) per episode, that filmed begin delete no fewer than end delete its most
recent begin delete two seasons end delete begin insert season end insert outside of California or has filmed all
seasons outside of California and for which the taxpayer certifies
that the credit provided pursuant to this section is the primary
reason for relocating to California.

(26) “Visual effects” means the creation, alteration, or
enhancement of images that cannot be captured on a set or location
during live action photography and therefore is accomplished in
postproduction. It includes, but is not limited to, matte paintings,
animation, set extensions, computer-generated objects, characters
and environments, compositing (combining two or more elements
in a final image), and wire removals. “Visual effects” does not
include fully animated projects, whether created by traditional or
digital means.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a qualified taxpayer
may sell any credit allowed under this section that is attributable
to an independent film, as defined in paragraph (6) of subdivision
(b), to an unrelated party.

(2) The qualified taxpayer shall report to the Franchise Tax
Board prior to the sale of the credit, in the form and manner
specified by the Franchise Tax Board, all required information
regarding the purchase and sale of the credit, including the social
security or other taxpayer identification number of the unrelated
party to whom the credit has been sold, the face amount of the
credit sold, and the amount of consideration received by the
qualified taxpayer for the sale of the credit.

(3) In the case where the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “net tax,” the excess credit may be carried over to
reduce the “net tax” in the following taxable year, and succeeding
five taxable years, if necessary, until the credit has been exhausted.

(4) A credit shall not be sold pursuant to this subdivision to
more than one taxpayer, nor may the credit be resold by the
unrelated party to another taxpayer or other party.

(5) A party that has acquired tax credits under this subdivision
shall be subject to the requirements of this section.

(6) In no event may a qualified taxpayer assign or sell any tax
credit to the extent the tax credit allowed by this section is claimed
on any tax return of the qualified taxpayer.

(7) In the event that both the taxpayer originally allocated a
credit under this section by the California Film Commission and
a taxpayer to whom the credit has been sold both claim the same
amount of credit on their tax returns, the Franchise Tax Board may
disallow the credit of either taxpayer, so long as the statute of
limitations upon assessment remains open.

(8) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to
any standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board
pursuant to this subdivision.

(9) Subdivision (g) of Section 17039 shall not apply to any
credit sold pursuant to this subdivision.

(10) For purposes of this subdivision, the unrelated party or
parties that purchase a credit pursuant to this subdivision shall be
treated as a qualified taxpayer pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a).

(d) (1) No credit shall be allowed pursuant to this section unless
the qualified taxpayer provides the following to the California
Film Commission:

(A) Identification of each qualified individual.

(B) The specific start and end dates of production.

(C) The total wages paid.

(D) The total amount of qualified wages paid to qualified
individuals.

(E) The copyright registration number, as reflected on the
certificate of registration issued under the authority of Section 410
of Title 17 of the United States Code, relating to registration of
claim and issuance of certificate. The registration number shall be
provided on the return claiming the credit.

(F) The total amounts paid or incurred to purchase or lease
tangible personal property used in the production of a qualified
motion picture.

(G) Information to substantiate its qualified expenditures.

(H) Information required by the California Film Commission
under regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (g)
necessary to verify the amount of credit claimed.

(I) Provides documentation verifying completion of the Career
Readiness requirement.

(2) (A) Based on the information provided in paragraph (1),
the California Film Commission shall recompute the jobs ratio
previously computed in subdivision (g) and compare this
recomputed jobs ratio to the jobs ratio that the qualified taxpayer
previously listed on the application submitted pursuant to
subdivision (g). begin delete If the California Film Commission determines
that the jobs ratio has been reduced by more than 10 percent, the
California Film Commission shall reduce the amount of credit
allowed by an equal percentage, unless the qualified taxpayer
demonstrates, and the California Film Commission determines,
that reasonable cause exists for the jobs ratio reduction. end delete

begin insert

(B) (i) If the California Film Commission determines that the
jobs ratio has been reduced by more than 10 percent for a qualified
motion picture other than an independent film, the California Film
Commission shall reduce the amount of credit allowed by an equal
percentage, unless the qualified taxpayer demonstrates, and the
California Film Commission determines, that reasonable cause
exists for the jobs ratio reduction.

end insert begin delete

(B)

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begin insert (ii) end insert  If the California Film Commission determines that the jobs
ratio has been reduced by more than 20 percent begin insert for a qualified
motion picture other than an independent film end insert , the California Film
Commission shall not accept an application described in
subdivision (g) from that qualified taxpayer or any member of the
qualified taxpayer’s controlled group for a period of not less than
one year from the date of that determination, unless the qualified
taxpayer demonstrates, and the California Film Commission
determines, that reasonable cause exists for the jobs ratio reduction.

(C) If the California Film Commission determines that the jobs
ratio has been reduced by more than begin delete 20 end delete begin insert 30 end insert percent for an
independent film, the begin delete tax credit allocation to the independent film
shall be revoked unless the qualified taxpayer demonstrates, and
the California Film Commission determines, that reasonable cause
exists for the jobs ratio reduction end delete begin insert California Film Commission
shall reduce the amount of credit allowed by an equal percentage,
plus 10 percent of the amount of credit that would otherwise have
been allowed, unless the qualified taxpayer demonstrates, and the
California Film Commission determines, that reasonable cause
exists for the jobs ratio reduction end insert .

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(D) Subject to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (4) of subdivision
(a), the California Film Commission shall increase the applicable
credit percentage by 5 percent, not to exceed a maximum of 25
percent, if the qualified motion picture paid or incurred outside
the Los Angeles zone the qualified expenditures relating to original
photography outside the Los Angeles zone.

end delete begin delete

(E)

end delete

begin insert (D) end insert  For the purposes of this paragraph, “reasonable cause”
means unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the qualified
taxpayer, such as, but not limited to, the cancellation of a television
series prior to the completion of the scheduled number of episodes
or other similar circumstances as determined by the California
Film Commission in regulations to be adopted pursuant to
subdivision (e).

(e) (1) (A) Subject to the Administrative Procedure Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the California Film
Commission shall adopt rules and regulations to implement a
Career Readiness requirement by which the California Film
Commission shall identify training and public service opportunities
that may include, but not be limited to, hiring interns, public service
announcements, and community outreach and may prescribe rules
and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, including, begin delete subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) end delete begin insert subparagraph
(D) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) end insert and clause (iv) of
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g), and including
any rules and regulations necessary to establish procedures,
processes, requirements, application fee structure, and rules
identified in or required to implement this section, including credit
and logo requirements begin insert and credit allocation procedures over
multiple fiscal years where the qualified taxpayer is producing a
series of features that will be filmed concurrently end insert .

(B) Notwithstanding any other law, prior to preparing a notice
of proposed action pursuant to Section 11346.4 of the Government
Code and prior to making any revision to the proposed regulation
other than a change that is nonsubstantial or solely grammatical
in nature , the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
Development shall first approve the proposed regulation or
proposed change to a proposed regulation regarding allocating the
credit pursuant to subdivision (i), computing the jobs ratio as
described in subdivisions (d) and (g), and defining “reasonable
cause” pursuant to subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(d).

(2) (A) Implementation of this section for the 2015-16 fiscal
year is deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, or general
welfare and, therefore, the California Film Commission is hereby
authorized to adopt emergency regulations to implement this
section during the 2015-16 fiscal year in accordance with the
rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the
Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to
approve emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this paragraph.

begin insert

(3) The California Film Commission shall not be required to
prepare an economic impact analysis pursuant to the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code) with regard to any rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to this subdivision.

end insert

(f) If the qualified taxpayer fails to provide the copyright
registration number as required in subparagraph (E) of paragraph
(1) of subdivision (d), the credit shall be disallowed and assessed
and collected under Section 19051 until the procedures are
satisfied.

(g) For purposes of this section, the California Film Commission
shall do the following:

(1) Subject to the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through
(E), inclusive, of paragraph (2), on or after begin delete January end delete begin insert July end insert 1, 2015,
and before July 1, 2016, in one or more allocation periods per
fiscal year, allocate tax credits to applicants.

(2) On or after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, begin delete 2019, end delete begin insert 2020, end insert in
two or more allocation periods per fiscal year, allocate tax credits
to applicants.

(A) Establish a procedure for applicants to file with the
California Film Commission a written application, on a form jointly
prescribed by the California Film Commission and the Franchise
Tax Board for the allocation of the tax credit. The application shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(i) The budget for the motion picture production.

(ii) The number of production days.

(iii) A financing plan for the production.

(iv) The diversity of the workforce employed by the applicant,
including, but not limited to, the ethnic and racial makeup of the
individuals employed by the applicant during the production of
the qualified motion picture, to the extent possible.

(v) All members of a combined reporting group, if known at
the time of the application.

(vi) Financial information, if available, including, but not limited
to, the most recently produced balance sheets, annual statements
of profits and losses, audited or unaudited financial statements,
summary budget projections or results, or the functional equivalent
of these documents of a partnership or owner of a single member
limited liability company that is disregarded pursuant to Section
23038. The information provided pursuant to this clause shall be
confidential and shall not be subject to public disclosure.

(vii) The names of all partners in a partnership not publicly
traded or the names of all members of a limited liability company
classified as a partnership not publicly traded for California income
tax purposes that have a financial interest in the applicant’s
qualified motion picture. The information provided pursuant to
this clause shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public
disclosure.

(viii) The amount of qualified wages the applicant expects to
pay to qualified individuals.

(ix) The amount of tax credit begin delete requested not to exceed the
applicable credit percentage end delete begin insert the applicant computes the qualified
motion picture will receive, applying the applicable credit
percentages end insert described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a).

(x) A statement establishing that the tax credit described in this
section is a significant factor in the applicant’s choice of location
for the qualified motion picture. The statement shall include
information about whether the qualified motion picture is at risk
of not being filmed or specify the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in
which the qualified motion picture will be located in the absence
of the tax credit. The statement shall be signed by an officer or
executive of the applicant.

(xi) Any other information deemed relevant by the California
Film Commission or the Franchise Tax Board.

(B) Establish criteria, consistent with the requirements of this
section, for allocating tax credits.

(C) Determine and designate applicants who meet the
requirements of this section.

(D) (i) For purposes of allocating the credit amounts subject to
the categories described in subdivision (i) in any fiscal year, the
California Film Commission shall do all of the following:

(ii) For each allocation date and for each category, list each
applicant from highest to lowest according to the jobs ratio as
computed by the California Film Commission.

(iii) Subject to the applicable credit percentage, allocate the
credit to each applicant according to the highest jobs ratio, working
down the list, until the credit amount is exhausted.

(iv) Pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (e),
the California Film Commission may increase the jobs ratio by up
to 25 percent if a qualified motion picture increases economic
activity in California according to criteria developed by the
California Film Commission that would include, but not be limited
to, such factors as, the amount of the production and postproduction
spending in California, the utilization of production facilities in
California, and other criteria measuring economic impact in
California as determined by the Film Commission.

(v) Notwithstanding any other provision, any begin delete new end delete television
series, relocating television series, or any new television series
based on a pilot for a new television series that has been approved
and issued a credit allocation by the California Film Commission
begin delete either end delete under this section, Section 23695, 17053.85, or 23685 shall
be issued a credit for each subsequent year, begin delete in an amount equal to
the prior credit amount, end delete for the life of that begin delete qualified motion picture end delete
begin insert television series end insert whenever credits are allocated within a fiscal
year.

(E) Subject to the annual cap and the allocation credit amounts
based on categories described in subdivision (i), allocate an
aggregate amount of credits under this section and Section 23695,
and allocate any carryover of unallocated credits from prior years
and the amount of any credits reduced pursuant to paragraph (2)
of subdivision (d).

(3) Certify tax credits allocated to qualified taxpayers.

(A) Establish a verification procedure for the amount of qualified
expenditures paid or incurred by the applicant, including, but not
limited to, updates to the information in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (g).

(B) Establish audit requirements that must be satisfied before
a credit certificate may be issued by the California Film
Commission.

(C) (i) Establish a procedure for a qualified taxpayer to report
to the California Film Commission, prior to the issuance of a credit
certificate, the following information:

(I) If readily available, a list of the states, provinces, or other
jurisdictions in which any member of the applicant’s combined
reporting group in the same business unit as the qualified taxpayer
that, in the preceding calendar year, has produced a qualified
motion picture intended for release in the United States market.
For purposes of this clause, “qualified motion picture” shall not
include any episodes of a television series that were complete or
in production prior to July 1, 2016.

(II) Whether a qualified motion picture described in subclause
(I) was awarded any financial incentive by the state, province, or
other jurisdiction that was predicated on the performance of
primary principal photography or postproduction in that location.

(ii) The California Film Commission may provide that the report
required by this subparagraph be filed in a single report provided
on a calendar year basis for those qualified taxpayers that receive
multiple credit certificates in a calendar year.

(D) Issue a credit certificate to a qualified taxpayer upon
completion of the qualified motion picture reflecting the credit
amount allocated after qualified expenditures have been verified
and the jobs ratio computed under this section. The amount of
credit shown in the credit certificate shall not exceed the amount
of credit allocated to that qualified taxpayer pursuant to this section.

(4) Obtain, when possible, the following information from
applicants that do not receive an allocation of credit:

(A) Whether the qualified motion picture that was the subject
of the application was completed.

(B) If completed, in which state or foreign jurisdiction was the
primary principal photography completed.

(C) Whether the applicant received any financial incentives
from the state or foreign jurisdiction to make the qualified motion
picture in that location.

(5) Provide the Legislative Analyst’s Office, upon request, any
or all application materials or any other materials received from,
or submitted by, the applicants, in electronic format when available,
including, but not limited to, information provided pursuant to
clauses (i) to (xi) inclusive, of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2).

(6) The information provided to the California Film Commission
pursuant to this section shall constitute confidential tax information
for purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 19542) of
Chapter 7 of Part 10.2.

(h) (1) The California Film Commission shall annually provide
the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the Franchise Tax Board, and the
board with a list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts
allocated to each qualified taxpayer by the California Film
Commission. The list shall include the names and taxpayer
identification numbers, including taxpayer identification numbers
of each partner or shareholder, as applicable, of the qualified
taxpayer.

(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (6) of subdivision (g), the
California Film Commission shall annually post on its Internet
Web site and make available for public release the following:

(i) A table which includes all of the following information: a
list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts allocated to
each qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission, the
number of production days in California the qualified taxpayer
represented in its application would occur, the number of California
jobs that the qualified taxpayer represented in its application would
be directly created by the production, and the total amount of
qualified expenditures expected to be spent by the production.

(ii) A narrative staff summary describing the production of the
qualified taxpayer as well as background information regarding
the qualified taxpayer contained in the qualified taxpayer’s
application for the credit.

(B) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to make the
information submitted by an applicant for a tax credit under this
section a public record.

(3) The California Film Commission shall provide each city
and county in California with an instructional guide that includes,
but is not limited to, a review of best practices for facilitating
motion picture production in local jurisdictions, resources on
hosting and encouraging motion picture production, and the
California Film Commissions’ Model Film Ordinance. The
California Film Commission shall maintain on its Internet Web
site a list of initiatives by locality that encourage motion picture
production in regions across the state. The list shall be distributed
to each approved applicant for the program to highlight local
jurisdictions that offer incentives to facilitate film production.

(i) (1)  begin insert (A) end insert begin insert   end insert The aggregate amount of credits that may be
allocated for begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert fiscal year pursuant to this section and Section
23695 begin delete shall be an amount equal to the sum of all of end delete begin insert is the
applicable amount described in end insert the following begin insert , plus any amount
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) end insert :

begin delete

(A) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) in credits for
the 2015-16 fiscal year.

end delete begin insert

(i) Two hundred thirty million dollars ($230,000,000) in credits
for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

end insert begin delete

(B) Four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000)

end delete

begin insert (ii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Three hundred end insert begin insert thirty million dollars ($330,000,000) end insert in
credits for the 2016-17 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter,
through and including the begin delete 2018-19 end delete begin insert 2019- end insert begin insert 20 end insert fiscal year.

begin delete

(C)

end delete

begin insert (B) end insert  The unused allocation credit amount, if any, for the
preceding fiscal year.

begin delete

(D)

end delete

begin insert (C) end insert  The amount of previously allocated credits not certified.

begin delete

(E)

end delete

begin insert (D) end insert  The amount of any credits reduced pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (d).

(2) (A) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the California Film
Commission shall allocate the credit amounts subject to the
following categories:

(i) Independent films shall be allocated 5 percent of the amount
specified in paragraph (1).

(ii) Features shall be allocated 35 percent of the amount specified
in paragraph (1).

(iii) A relocating television series shall be allocated 20 percent
of the amount specified in paragraph (1).

(iv) A new television series, pilots for a new television series,
movies of the week, miniseries, and recurring television series
shall be allocated 40 percent of the amount specified in paragraph
(1).

begin delete

(B) (i) Within 60 days after the allocation period, any unused
amount within a category or categories shall be apportioned to
another category or categories with a higher demand.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the end of the fiscal year,
any unused amount within the allocation described in clause (iii)
of subparagraph (A) shall be reallocated to the allocation described
in clause (iv) of subparagraph (A).

end delete begin insert

(B) Within 60 days after the allocation period, any unused
amount within a category or categories shall be first reallocated
to the category described in clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) and,
if any unused amount remains, reallocated to another category or
categories with a higher demand as determined by the California
Film Commission.

end insert

(C) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the California Film
Commission may increase or decrease an allocation amount in
subparagraph (A) by 5 percent, if necessary, due to the jobs ratio,
the number of applications, or the allocation credit amounts
available by category compared to demand.

(D) With respect to a relocating television series issued a credit
in a subsequent year pursuant to clause (v) of subparagraph (D)
of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g), that subsequent credit amount
shall be begin delete paid end delete begin insert allowed end insert from the allocation amount described in
clause (iv) of subparagraph (A).

(3) Any act that reduces the amount that may be allocated
pursuant to paragraph (1) constitutes a change in state taxes for
the purpose of increasing revenues within the meaning of Section
3 of Article XIII   A of the California Constitution and may be
passed by not less than two-thirds of all Members elected to each
of the two houses of the Legislature.

(j) The California Film Commission shall have the authority to
allocate tax credits in accordance with this section and in
accordance with any regulations prescribed pursuant to subdivision
(e) upon adoption.

begin delete SEC. 7. end delete
begin insert SEC. 6. end insert   

Section 23036 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

23036.  

(a) (1) The term “tax” includes any of the following:

(A) The tax imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
23101).

(B) The tax imposed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
23501).

(C) The tax on unrelated business taxable income, imposed
under Section 23731.

(D) The tax on “S” corporations imposed under Section 23802.

(2) The term “tax” does not include any amount imposed under
paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 24667 or paragraph (2)
of subdivision (f) of Section 24667.

(b) For purposes of Article 5 (commencing with Section 18661)
of Chapter 2, Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of
Chapter 4, Article 6 (commencing with Section 19101) of Chapter
4, and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 19501) of Part 10.2,
and for purposes of Sections 18601, 19001, and 19005, the term
“tax” also includes all of the following:

(1) The tax on limited partnerships, imposed under Section
17935, the tax on limited liability companies, imposed under
Section 17941, and the tax on registered limited liability
partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships imposed
under Section 17948.

(2) The alternative minimum tax imposed under Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 23400).

(3) The tax on built-in gains of “S” corporations, imposed under
Section 23809.

(4) The tax on excess passive investment income of “S”
corporations, imposed under Section 23811.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, credits are
allowed against the “tax” in the following order:

(1) Credits that do not contain carryover provisions.

(2) Credits that, when the credit exceeds the “tax,” allow the
excess to be carried over to offset the “tax” in succeeding taxable
years, except for those credits that are allowed to reduce the “tax”
below the tentative minimum tax, as defined by Section 23455.
The order of credits within this paragraph shall be determined by
the Franchise Tax Board.

(3) The minimum tax credit allowed by Section 23453.

(4) Credits that are allowed to reduce the “tax” below the
tentative minimum tax, as defined by Section 23455.

(5) Credits for taxes withheld under Section 18662.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, each of
the following applies:

(1) A credit may not reduce the “tax” below the tentative
minimum tax (as defined by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of
Section 23455), except the following credits:

(A) The credit allowed by former Section 23601 (relating to
solar energy).

(B) The credit allowed by former Section 23601.4 (relating to
solar energy).

(C) The credit allowed by former Section 23601.5 (relating to
solar energy).

(D) The credit allowed by Section 23609 (relating to research
expenditures).

(E) The credit allowed by former Section 23609.5 (relating to
clinical testing expenses).

(F) The credit allowed by Section 23610.5 (relating to
low-income housing).

(G) The credit allowed by former Section 23612 (relating to
sales and use tax credit).

(H) The credit allowed by Section 23612.2 (relating to enterprise
zone sales or use tax credit).

(I) The credit allowed by former Section 23612.6 (relating to
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone sales tax credit).

(J) The credit allowed by former Section 23622 (relating to
enterprise zone hiring credit).

(K) The credit allowed by Section 23622.7 (relating to enterprise
zone hiring credit).

(L) The credit allowed by former Section 23623 (relating to
program area hiring credit).

(M) The credit allowed by former Section 23623.5 (relating to
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone hiring credit).

(N) The credit allowed by former Section 23625 (relating to
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone hiring credit).

(O) The credit allowed by Section 23633 (relating to targeted
tax area sales or use tax credit).

(P) The credit allowed by Section 23634 (relating to targeted
tax area hiring credit).

(Q) The credit allowed by former Section 23649 (relating to
qualified property).

(R) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the
credit allowed by Section 23685 (relating to qualified motion
pictures).

(S) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the
credit allowed by Section 23695 (relating to qualified motion
pictures).

(2) A credit against the tax may not reduce the minimum
franchise tax imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
23101).

(e) Any credit which is partially or totally denied under
subdivision (d) is allowed to be carried over to reduce the “tax”
in the following year, and succeeding years if necessary, if the
provisions relating to that credit include a provision to allow a
carryover of the unused portion of that credit.

(f) Unless otherwise provided, any remaining carryover from a
credit that has been repealed or made inoperative is allowed to be
carried over under the provisions of that section as it read
immediately prior to being repealed or becoming inoperative.

(g) Unless otherwise provided, if two or more taxpayers share
in costs that would be eligible for a tax credit allowed under this
part, each taxpayer is eligible to receive the tax credit in proportion
to his or her respective share of the costs paid or incurred.

(h) Unless otherwise provided, in the case of an “S” corporation,
any credit allowed by this part is computed at the “S” corporation
level, and any limitation on the expenses qualifying for the credit
or limitation upon the amount of the credit applies to the “S”
corporation and to each shareholder.

(i) (1) With respect to any taxpayer that directly or indirectly
owns an interest in a business entity that is disregarded for tax
purposes pursuant to Section 23038 and any regulations thereunder,
the amount of any credit or credit carryforward allowable for any
taxable year attributable to the disregarded business entity is limited
in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) The amount of any credit otherwise allowed under this part,
including any credit carryover from prior years, that may be applied
to reduce the taxpayer’s “tax,” as defined in subdivision (a), for
the taxable year is limited to an amount equal to the excess of the
taxpayer’s regular tax (as defined in Section 23455), determined
by including income attributable to the disregarded business entity
that generated the credit or credit carryover, over the taxpayer’s
regular tax (as defined in Section 23455), determined by excluding
the income attributable to that disregarded business entity. A credit
is not allowed if the taxpayer’s regular tax (as defined in Section
23455), determined by including the income attributable to the
disregarded business entity is less than the taxpayer’s regular tax
(as defined in Section 23455), determined by excluding the income
attributable to the disregarded business entity.

(3) If the amount of a credit allowed pursuant to the section
establishing the credit exceeds the amount allowable under this
subdivision in any taxable year, the excess amount may be carried
over to subsequent taxable years pursuant to subdivisions (d), (e),
and (f).

(j) (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided, in the case of a
taxpayer that is a partner or shareholder of an eligible pass-thru
entity described in paragraph (2), any credit passed through to the
taxpayer in the taxpayer’s first taxable year beginning on or after
the date the credit is no longer operative may be claimed by the
taxpayer in that taxable year, notwithstanding the repeal of the
statute authorizing the credit prior to the close of that taxable year.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “eligible pass-thru entity”
means any partnership or “S” corporation that files its return on a
fiscal year basis pursuant to Section 18566, and that is entitled to
a credit pursuant to this part for the taxable year that begins during
the last year a credit is operative.

(3) This subdivision applies to credits that become inoperative
on or after the operative date of the act adding this subdivision.

begin delete SEC. 7.5. end delete
begin insert SEC. 6.5. end insert   

Section 23036 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

23036.  

(a) (1) The term “tax” includes any of the following:

(A) The tax imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
23101).

(B) The tax imposed under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
23501).

(C) The tax on unrelated business taxable income, imposed
under Section 23731.

(D) The tax on “S” corporations imposed under Section 23802.

(2) The term “tax” does not include any amount imposed under
paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 24667 or paragraph (2)
of subdivision (f) of Section 24667.

(b) For purposes of Article 5 (commencing with Section 18661)
of Chapter 2, Article 3 (commencing with Section 19031) of
Chapter 4, Article 6 (commencing with Section 19101) of Chapter
4, and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 19501) of Part 10.2,
and for purposes of Sections 18601, 19001, and 19005, the term
“tax” also includes all of the following:

(1) The tax on limited partnerships, imposed under Section
17935, the tax on limited liability companies, imposed under
Section 17941, and the tax on registered limited liability
partnerships and foreign limited liability partnerships imposed
under Section 17948.

(2) The alternative minimum tax imposed under Chapter 2.5
(commencing with Section 23400).

(3) The tax on built-in gains of “S” corporations, imposed under
Section 23809.

(4) The tax on excess passive investment income of S
corporations, imposed under Section 23811.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, credits are
allowed against the “tax” in the following order:

(1) Credits that do not contain carryover provisions.

(2) Credits that, when the credit exceeds the “tax,” allow the
excess to be carried over to offset the “tax” in succeeding taxable
years, except for those credits that are allowed to reduce the “tax”
below the tentative minimum tax, as defined by Section 23455.
The order of credits within this paragraph shall be determined by
the Franchise Tax Board.

(3) The minimum tax credit allowed by Section 23453.

(4) Credits that are allowed to reduce the “tax” below the
tentative minimum tax, as defined by Section 23455.

(5) Credits for taxes withheld under Section 18662.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, each of
the following applies:

(1) A credit may not reduce the “tax” below the tentative
minimum tax (as defined by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of
Section 23455), except the following credits:

(A) The credit allowed by former Section 23601 (relating to
solar energy).

(B) The credit allowed by former Section 23601.4 (relating to
solar energy).

(C) The credit allowed by former Section 23601.5 (relating to
solar energy).

(D) The credit allowed by Section 23609 (relating to research
expenditures).

(E) The credit allowed by former Section 23609.5 (relating to
clinical testing expenses).

(F) The credit allowed by Section 23610.5 (relating to
low-income housing).

(G) The credit allowed by former Section 23612 (relating to
sales and use tax credit).

(H) The credit allowed by Section 23612.2 (relating to enterprise
zone sales or use tax credit).

(I) The credit allowed by former Section 23612.6 (relating to
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone sales tax credit).

(J) The credit allowed by former Section 23622 (relating to
enterprise zone hiring credit).

(K) The credit allowed by Section 23622.7 (relating to enterprise
zone hiring credit).

(L) The credit allowed by former Section 23623 (relating to
program area hiring credit).

(M) The credit allowed by former Section 23623.5 (relating to
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone hiring credit).

(N) The credit allowed by former Section 23625 (relating to
Los Angeles Revitalization Zone hiring credit).

(O) The credit allowed by Section 23633 (relating to targeted
tax area sales or use tax credit).

(P) The credit allowed by Section 23634 (relating to targeted
tax area hiring credit).

(Q) The credit allowed by former Section 23649 (relating to
qualified property).

(R) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, the
credit allowed by Section 23685 (relating to qualified motion
pictures).

(S) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, the
credit allowed by Section 23689 (relating to GO-Biz California
Competes Credit).

(T) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2016, the
credit allowed by Section 23695 (relating to qualified motion
pictures).

(2) A credit against the tax may not reduce the minimum
franchise tax imposed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
23101).

(e) Any credit which is partially or totally denied under
subdivision (d) is allowed to be carried over to reduce the “tax”
in the following year, and succeeding years if necessary, if the
provisions relating to that credit include a provision to allow a
carryover of the unused portion of that credit.

(f) Unless otherwise provided, any remaining carryover from a
credit that has been repealed or made inoperative is allowed to be
carried over under the provisions of that section as it read
immediately prior to being repealed or becoming inoperative.

(g) Unless otherwise provided, if two or more taxpayers share
in costs that would be eligible for a tax credit allowed under this
part, each taxpayer is eligible to receive the tax credit in proportion
to his or her respective share of the costs paid or incurred.

(h) Unless otherwise provided, in the case of an “S” corporation,
any credit allowed by this part is computed at the “S” corporation
level, and any limitation on the expenses qualifying for the credit
or limitation upon the amount of the credit applies to the “S”
corporation and to each shareholder.

(i) (1) With respect to any taxpayer that directly or indirectly
owns an interest in a business entity that is disregarded for tax
purposes pursuant to Section 23038 and any regulations thereunder,
the amount of any credit or credit carryforward allowable for any
taxable year attributable to the disregarded business entity is limited
in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) The amount of any credit otherwise allowed under this part,
including any credit carryover from prior years, that may be applied
to reduce the taxpayer’s “tax,” as defined in subdivision (a), for
the taxable year is limited to an amount equal to the excess of the
taxpayer’s regular tax (as defined in Section 23455), determined
by including income attributable to the disregarded business entity
that generated the credit or credit carryover, over the taxpayer’s
regular tax (as defined in Section 23455), determined by excluding
the income attributable to that disregarded business entity. A credit
is not allowed if the taxpayer’s regular tax (as defined in Section
23455), determined by including the income attributable to the
disregarded business entity is less than the taxpayer’s regular tax
(as defined in Section 23455), determined by excluding the income
attributable to the disregarded business entity.

(3) If the amount of a credit allowed pursuant to the section
establishing the credit exceeds the amount allowable under this
subdivision in any taxable year, the excess amount may be carried
over to subsequent taxable years pursuant to subdivisions (d), (e),
and (f).

(j) (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided, in the case of a
taxpayer that is a partner or shareholder of an eligible pass-thru
entity described in paragraph (2), any credit passed through to the
taxpayer in the taxpayer’s first taxable year beginning on or after
the date the credit is no longer operative may be claimed by the
taxpayer in that taxable year, notwithstanding the repeal of the
statute authorizing the credit prior to the close of that taxable year.

(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “eligible pass-thru entity”
means any partnership or “S” corporation that files its return on a
fiscal year basis pursuant to Section 18566, and that is entitled to
a credit pursuant to this part for the taxable year that begins during
the last year a credit is operative.

(3) This subdivision applies to credits that become inoperative
on or after the operative date of the act adding this subdivision.

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SEC. 8.  

Section 23685 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

23685.  

(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January
1, 2011, there shall be allowed to a qualified taxpayer a credit
against the “tax,” as defined in Section 23036, in an amount equal
to the applicable percentage, as specified in paragraph (4), of the
qualified expenditures for the production of a qualified motion
picture in California.

(2) The credit shall be allowed for the taxable year in which the
California Film Commission issues the credit certificate pursuant
to subdivision (g) for the qualified motion picture, and shall be for
the applicable percentage of all qualified expenditures paid or
incurred by the qualified taxpayer in all taxable years for that
qualified motion picture.

(3) The amount of the credit allowed to a qualified taxpayer
shall be limited to the amount specified in the credit certificate
issued to the qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission
pursuant to subdivision (g).

(4) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the applicable
percentage shall be:

(A) Twenty percent of the qualified expenditures attributable
to the production of a qualified motion picture in California.

(B) Twenty-five percent of the qualified expenditures
attributable to the production of a qualified motion picture in
California where the qualified motion picture is a television series
that relocated to California or an independent film.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Ancillary product” means any article for sale to the public
that contains a portion of, or any element of, the qualified motion
picture.

(2) “Budget” means an estimate of all expenses paid or incurred
during the production period of a qualified motion picture. It shall
be the same budget used by the qualified taxpayer and production
company for all qualified motion picture purposes.

(3) “Clip use” means a use of any portion of a motion picture,
other than the qualified motion picture, used in the qualified motion
picture.

(4) “Credit certificate” means the certificate issued by the
California Film Commission pursuant to subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (g).

(5) (A) “Employee fringe benefits” means the amount allowable
as a deduction under this part to the qualified taxpayer involved
in the production of the qualified motion picture, exclusive of any
amounts contributed by employees, for any year during the
production period with respect to any of the following:

(i) Employer contributions under any pension, profit-sharing,
annuity, or similar plan.

(ii) Employer-provided coverage under any accident or health
plan for employees.

(iii) The employer’s cost of life or disability insurance provided
to employees.

(B) Any amount treated as wages under clause (i) of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (18) shall not be taken into account
under this paragraph.

(6) “Independent film” means a motion picture with a minimum
budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and a maximum budget
of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) that is produced by a company
that is not publicly traded and publicly traded companies do not
own, directly or indirectly, more than 25 percent of the producing
company.

(7) “Licensing” means any grant of rights to distribute the
qualified motion picture, in whole or in part.

(8) “New use” means any use of a motion picture in a medium
other than the medium for which it was initially created.

(9) (A) “Postproduction” means the final activities in a qualified
motion picture’s production, including editing, foley recording,
automatic dialogue replacement, sound editing, scoring and music
editing, beginning and end credits, negative cutting, negative
processing and duplication, the addition of sound and visual effects,
soundmixing, film-to-tape transfers, encoding, and color correction.

(B) “Postproduction” does not include the manufacture or
shipping of release prints.

(10) “Preproduction” means the process of preparation for actual
physical production which begins after a qualified motion picture
has received a firm agreement of financial commitment, or is
greenlit, with, for example, the establishment of a dedicated
production office, the hiring of key crew members, and includes,
but is not limited to, activities that include location scouting and
execution of contracts with vendors of equipment and stage space.

(11) “Principal photography” means the phase of production
during which the motion picture is actually shot, as distinguished
from preproduction and postproduction.

(12) “Production period” means the period beginning with
preproduction and ending upon completion of postproduction.

(13) “Qualified entity” means a personal service corporation as
defined in Section 269A(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, a
payroll services corporation, or any entity receiving qualified wages
with respect to services performed by a qualified individual.

(14) (A) “Qualified individual” means any individual who
performs services during the production period in an activity related
to the production of a qualified motion picture.

(B) “Qualified individual” shall not include either of the
following:

(i) Any individual related to the qualified taxpayer as described
in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of Section 51(i)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code.

(ii) Any 5-percent owner, as defined in Section 416(i)(1)(B) of
the Internal Revenue Code, of the qualified taxpayer.

(15) (A) “Qualified motion picture” means a motion picture
that is produced for distribution to the general public, regardless
of medium, that is one of the following:

(i) A feature with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000) and a maximum production budget of
seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000).

(ii) A movie of the week or miniseries with a minimum
production budget of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(iii) A new television series produced in California with a
minimum production budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000)
licensed for original distribution on basic cable.

(iv) An independent film.

(v) A television series that relocated to California.

(B) To qualify as a “qualified motion picture,” all of the
following conditions shall be satisfied:

(i) At least 75 percent of the production days occur wholly in
California or 75 percent of the production budget is incurred for
payment for services performed within the state and the purchase
or rental of property used within the state.

(ii) Production of the qualified motion picture is completed
within 30 months from the date on which the qualified taxpayer’s
application is approved by the California Film Commission. For
purposes of this section, a qualified motion picture is “completed”
when the process of postproduction has been finished.

(iii) The copyright for the motion picture is registered with the
United States Copyright Office pursuant to Title 17 of the United
States Code.

(iv) Principal photography of the qualified motion picture
commences after the date on which the application is approved by
the California Film Commission, but no later than 180 days after
the date of that approval.

(C) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), in computing the
total wages paid or incurred for the production of a qualified
motion picture, all amounts paid or incurred by all persons or
entities that share in the costs of the qualified motion picture shall
be aggregated.

(D) “Qualified motion picture” shall not include commercial
advertising, music videos, a motion picture produced for private
noncommercial use, such as weddings, graduations, or as part of
an educational course and made by students, a news program,
current events or public events program, talk show, game show,
sporting event or activity, awards show, telethon or other
production that solicits funds, reality television program, clip-based
programming if more than 50 percent of the content is comprised
of licensed footage, documentaries, variety programs, daytime
dramas, strip shows, one-half hour (air time) episodic television
shows, or any production that falls within the recordkeeping
requirements of Section 2257 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(16) “Qualified expenditures” means amounts paid or incurred
to purchase or lease tangible personal property used within this
state in the production of a qualified motion picture and payments,
including qualified wages, for services performed within this state
in the production of a qualified motion picture.

(17) (A) “Qualified taxpayer” means a taxpayer who has paid
or incurred qualified expenditures and has been issued a credit
certificate by the California Film Commission pursuant to
subdivision (g).

(B) (i) In the case of any pass-thru entity, the determination of
whether a taxpayer is a qualified taxpayer under this section shall
be made at the entity level and any credit under this section is not
allowed to the pass-thru entity, but shall be passed through to the
partners or shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions
of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001). For purposes of this paragraph,
“pass-thru entity” means any entity taxed as a partnership or “S”
corporation.

(ii) In the case of an “S” corporation, the credit allowed under
this section shall not be used by an “S” corporation as a credit
against a tax imposed under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
23800) of Part 11 of Division 2.

(18) (A) “Qualified wages” means all of the following:

(i) Any wages subject to withholding under Division 6
(commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance
Code that were paid or incurred by any taxpayer involved in the
production of a qualified motion picture with respect to a qualified
individual for services performed on the qualified motion picture
production within this state.

(ii) The portion of any employee fringe benefits paid or incurred
by any taxpayer involved in the production of the qualified motion
picture that are properly allocable to qualified wage amounts
described in clause (i).

(iii) Any payments made to a qualified entity for services
performed in this state by qualified individuals within the meaning
of paragraph (14).

(iv) Remuneration paid to an independent contractor who is a
qualified individual for services performed within this state by that
qualified individual.

(B) “Qualified wages” shall not include any of the following:

(i) Expenses, including wages, related to new use, reuse, clip
use, licensing, secondary markets, or residual compensation, or
the creation of any ancillary product, including, but not limited to,
a soundtrack album, toy, game, trailer, or teaser.

(ii) Expenses, including wages, paid or incurred with respect to
acquisition, development, turnaround, or any rights thereto.

(iii) Expenses, including wages, related to financing, overhead,
marketing, promotion, or distribution of a qualified motion picture.

(iv) Expenses, including wages, paid per person per qualified
motion picture for writers, directors, music directors, music
composers, music supervisors, producers, and performers, other
than background actors with no scripted lines.

(19) “Residual compensation” means supplemental
compensation paid at the time that a motion picture is exhibited
through new use, reuse, clip use, or in secondary markets, as
distinguished from payments made during production.

(20) “Reuse” means any use of a qualified motion picture in the
same medium for which it was created, following the initial use
in that medium.

(21) “Secondary markets” means media in which a qualified
motion picture is exhibited following the initial media in which it
is exhibited.

(22) “Television series that relocated to California” means a
television series, without regard to episode length or initial media
exhibition, that filmed all of its prior season or seasons outside of
California and for which the taxpayer certifies that the credit
provided pursuant to this section is the primary reason for
relocating to California.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 23036, in
the case where the credit allowed by this section exceeds the
taxpayer’s tax liability computed under this part, a qualified
taxpayer may elect to assign any portion of the credit allowed
under this section to one or more affiliated corporations for each
taxable year in which the credit is allowed. For purposes of this
subdivision, “affiliated corporation” has the meaning provided in
subdivision (b) of Section 25110, as that section was amended by
Chapter 881 of the Statutes of 1993, as of the last day of the taxable
year in which the credit is allowed, except that “100 percent” is
substituted for “more than 50 percent” wherever it appears in the
section, and “voting common stock” is substituted for “voting
stock” wherever it appears in the section.

(2) The election provided in paragraph (1):

(A) May be based on any method selected by the qualified
taxpayer that originally receives the credit.

(B) Shall be irrevocable for the taxable year the credit is allowed,
once made.

(C) May be changed for any subsequent taxable year if the
election to make the assignment is expressly shown on each of the
returns of the qualified taxpayer and the qualified taxpayer’s
affiliated corporations that assign and receive the credits.

(D) Shall be reported to the Franchise Tax Board, in the form
and manner specified by the Franchise Tax Board, along with all
required information regarding the assignment of the credit,
including the corporation number, the federal employer
identification number, or other taxpayer identification number of
the assignee, and the amount of the credit assigned.

(3) (A) Notwithstanding any other law, a qualified taxpayer
may sell any credit allowed under this section that is attributable
to an independent film, as defined in paragraph (6) of subdivision
(b), to an unrelated party.

(B) The qualified taxpayer shall report to the Franchise Tax
Board prior to the sale of the credit, in the form and manner
specified by the Franchise Tax Board, all required information
regarding the purchase and sale of the credit, including the social
security or other taxpayer identification number of the unrelated
party to whom the credit has been sold, the face amount of the
credit sold, and the amount of consideration received by the
qualified taxpayer for the sale of the credit.

(4) In the case where the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “tax,” the excess credit may be carried over to reduce
the “tax” in the following taxable year, and succeeding five taxable
years, if necessary, until the credit has been exhausted.

(5) A credit shall not be sold pursuant to this subdivision to
more than one taxpayer, nor may the credit be resold by the
unrelated party to another taxpayer or other party.

(6) A party that has been assigned or acquired tax credits under
this paragraph shall be subject to the requirements of this section.

(7) In no event may a qualified taxpayer assign or sell any tax
credit to the extent the tax credit allowed by this section is claimed
on any tax return of the qualified taxpayer.

(8) In the event that both the taxpayer originally allocated a
credit under this section by the California Film Commission and
a taxpayer to whom the credit has been sold both claim the same
amount of credit on their tax returns, the Franchise Tax Board may
disallow the credit of either taxpayer, so long as the statute of
limitations upon assessment remains open.

(9) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to
any standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board
pursuant to this subdivision.

(10) Subdivision (i) of Section 23036 shall not apply to any
credit sold pursuant to this subdivision.

(11) For purposes of this subdivision:

(A) An affiliated corporation or corporations that are assigned
a credit pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be treated as a qualified
taxpayer pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(B) The unrelated party or parties that purchase a credit pursuant
to paragraph (3) shall be treated as a qualified taxpayer pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(d) No credit shall be allowed pursuant to this section unless
the qualified taxpayer provides the following to the California
Film Commission:

(1) Identification of each qualified individual.

(2) The specific start and end dates of production.

(3) The total wages paid.

(4) The amount of qualified wages paid to each qualified
individual.

(5) The copyright registration number, as reflected on the
certificate of registration issued under the authority of Section 410
of Title 17 of the United States Code, relating to registration of
claim and issuance of certificate. The registration number shall be
provided on the return claiming the credit.

(6) The total amounts paid or incurred to purchase or lease
tangible personal property used in the production of a qualified
motion picture.

(7) Information to substantiate its qualified expenditures.

(8) Information required by the California Film Commission
under regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (g)
necessary to verify the amount of credit claimed.

(e) The California Film Commission may prescribe rules and
regulations to carry out the purposes of this section including any
rules and regulations necessary to establish procedures, processes,
requirements, and rules identified in or required to implement this
section. The regulations shall include provisions to set aside a
percentage of annual credit allocations for independent films.

(f) If the qualified taxpayer fails to provide the copyright
registration number as required in paragraph (5) of subdivision
(d), the credit shall be disallowed and assessed and collected under
Section 19051 until the procedures are satisfied.

(g) For purposes of this section, the California Film Commission
shall do the following:

(1) On or after July 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2017, allocate
tax credits to applicants.

(A) Establish a procedure for applicants to file with the
California Film Commission a written application, on a form jointly
prescribed by the California Film Commission and the Franchise
Tax Board for the allocation of the tax credit. The application shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(i) The budget for the motion picture production.

(ii) The number of production days.

(iii) A financing plan for the production.

(iv) The diversity of the workforce employed by the applicant,
including, but not limited to, the ethnic and racial makeup of the
individuals employed by the applicant during the production of
the qualified motion picture, to the extent possible.

(v) All members of a combined reporting group, if known at
the time of the application.

(vi) Financial information, if available, including, but not limited
to, the most recently produced balance sheets, annual statements
of profits and losses, audited or unaudited financial statements,
summary budget projections or results, or the functional equivalent
of these documents of a partnership or owner of a single member
limited liability company that is disregarded pursuant to Section
23038. The information provided pursuant to this clause shall be
confidential and shall not be subject to public disclosure.

(vii) The names of all partners in a partnership not publicly
traded or the names of all members of a limited liability company
classified as a partnership not publicly traded for California income
tax purposes that have a financial interest in the applicant’s
qualified motion picture. The information provided pursuant to
this clause shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public
disclosure.

(viii) Detailed narratives, for use only by the Legislative
Analyst’s Office in conducting a study of the effectiveness of this
credit, that describe the extent to which the credit is expected to
influence or affect filming and other business location decisions,
hiring decisions, salary decisions, and any other financial matters
of the applicant.

(ix) Any other information deemed relevant by the California
Film Commission or the Franchise Tax Board.

(B) Establish criteria, consistent with the requirements of this
section, for allocating tax credits.

(C) Determine and designate applicants who meet the
requirements of this section.

(D) Process and approve, or reject, all applications on a
first-come-first-served basis.

(E) Subject to the annual cap established as provided in
subdivision (i), allocate an aggregate amount of credits under this
section and Section 17053.85, and allocate any carryover of
unallocated credits from prior years.

(2) Certify tax credits allocated to qualified taxpayers.

(A) Establish a verification procedure for the amount of qualified
expenditures paid or incurred by the applicant, including, but not
limited to, updates to the information in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (g).

(B) Establish audit requirements that must be satisfied before
a credit certificate may be issued by the California Film
Commission.

(C) (i) Establish a procedure for a qualified taxpayer to report
to the California Film Commission, prior to the issuance of a credit
certificate, the following information:

(I) If readily available, a list of the states, provinces, or other
jurisdictions in which any member of the applicant’s combined
reporting group in the same business unit as the qualified taxpayer
that, in the preceding calendar year, has produced a qualified
motion picture intended for release in the United States market.
For purposes of this clause, “qualified motion picture” shall not
include any episodes of a television series that were complete or
in production prior to July 1, 2009.

(II) Whether a qualified motion picture described in subclause
(I) was awarded any financial incentive by the state, province, or
other jurisdiction that was predicated on the performance of
primary principal photography or postproduction in that location.

(ii) The California Film Commission may provide that the report
required by this subparagraph be filed in a single report provided
on a calendar year basis for those qualified taxpayers that receive
multiple credit certificates in a calendar year.

(D) Issue a credit certificate to a qualified taxpayer upon
completion of the qualified motion picture reflecting the credit
amount allocated after qualified expenditures have been verified
under this section. The amount of credit shown in the credit
certificate shall not exceed the amount of credit allocated to that
qualified taxpayer pursuant to this section.

(3) Obtain, when possible, the following information from
applicants that do not receive an allocation of credit:

(A) Whether the qualified motion picture that was the subject
of the application was completed.

(B) If completed, in which state or foreign jurisdiction was the
primary principal photography completed.

(C) Whether the applicant received any financial incentives
from the state or foreign jurisdiction to make the qualified motion
picture in that location.

(4) Provide the Legislative Analyst’s Office, upon request, any
or all application materials or any other materials received from,
or submitted by, the applicants, in electronic format when available,
including, but not limited to, information provided pursuant to
clauses (i) to (ix), inclusive, of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1).

(5) The information provided to the California Film Commission
pursuant to this section shall constitute confidential tax information
for purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 19542) of
Chapter 7 of Part 10.2.

(h) (1) The California Film Commission shall annually provide
the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the Franchise Tax Board, and the
board with a list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts
allocated to each qualified taxpayer by the California Film
Commission. The list shall include the names and taxpayer
identification numbers, including taxpayer identification numbers
of each partner or shareholder, as applicable, of the qualified
taxpayer.

(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (5) of subdivision (g), the
California Film Commission shall annually post on its Internet
Web site and make available for public release the following:

(i) A table which includes all of the following information: a
list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts allocated to
each qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission, the
number of production days in California the qualified taxpayer
represented in its application would occur, the number of California
jobs that the qualified taxpayer represented in its application would
be directly created by the production, and the total amount of
qualified expenditures expected to be spent by the production.

(ii) A narrative staff summary describing the production of the
qualified taxpayer as well as background information regarding
the qualified taxpayer contained in the qualified taxpayer’s
application for the credit.

(B) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to make the
information submitted by an applicant for a tax credit under this
section a public record.

(i) (1) The aggregate amount of credits that may be allocated
in any fiscal year pursuant to this section and Section 17053.85
shall be an amount equal to the sum of all of the following:

(A) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in credits for
the 2009-10 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, through
and including the 2014-15 fiscal year.

(B) In addition to the amounts specified in subparagraph (A),
one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in the aggregate
amount of credits that may be allocated for the 2015-16 and
2016-17 fiscal years.

(C) The unused allocation credit amount, if any, for the
preceding fiscal year.

(D) The amount of previously allocated credits not certified.

(2) If the amount of credits applied for in any particular fiscal
year exceeds the aggregate amount of tax credits authorized to be
allocated under this section, such excess shall be treated as having
been applied for on the first day of the subsequent fiscal year.
However, credits may not be allocated from a fiscal year other
than the fiscal year in which the credit was originally applied for
or the immediately succeeding fiscal year.

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the California Film
Commission shall set aside up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000)
of tax credits each fiscal year for independent films allocated in
accordance with rules and regulations developed pursuant to
subdivision (e).

(4) Any act that reduces the amount that may be allocated
pursuant to paragraph (1) constitutes a change in state taxes for
the purpose of increasing revenues within the meaning of Section
3 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and may be passed
by not less than two-thirds of all Members elected to each of the
two houses of the Legislature.

(j) The California Film Commission shall have the authority to
allocate tax credits in accordance with this section and in
accordance with any regulations prescribed pursuant to subdivision
(e) upon adoption.

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Section 23695 is added to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to read:

23695.  

(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January
1, 2016, there shall be allowed to a qualified taxpayer a credit
against the “tax,” as defined in Section 23036, subject to a
computation and ranking by the California Film Commission in
subdivision (g) and the allocation amount categories described in
subdivision (i), in an amount equal to 20 percent or 25 percent,
whichever is the applicable credit percentage described in
paragraph (4), of the qualified expenditures for the production of
a qualified motion picture in California. A credit shall not be
allowed under this section for any qualified expenditures for the
production of a motion picture in California if a credit has been
claimed for those same expenditures under Section 23685.

(2)  begin delete The end delete begin insert Except as otherwise provided in this section, the end insert credit
shall be allowed for the taxable year in which the California Film
Commission issues the credit certificate pursuant to subdivision
(g) for the qualified motion picture, but in no instance prior to July
1, 2016, and shall be for the applicable percentage of all qualified
expenditures paid or incurred by the qualified taxpayer in all
taxable years for that qualified motion picture.

(3) The amount of the credit allowed to a qualified taxpayer
shall be limited to the amount specified in the credit certificate
issued to the qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission
pursuant to subdivision (g).

(4) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the applicable credit
percentage shall be:

(A) Twenty percent of the qualified expenditures attributable
to the production of a qualified motion picture in California,
including, but not limited to, a feature, up to one hundred million
dollars ($100,000,000) in qualified expenditures, or a television
series that relocated to California that is in its second or subsequent
years of receiving a tax credit allocation pursuant to this section
or Section 23685.

(B) Twenty-five percent of the qualified expenditures
attributable to the production of a qualified motion picture in
California where the qualified motion picture is a television series
that relocated to California in its first year of receiving a tax credit
allocation pursuant to this section.

(C) Twenty-five percent of the qualified expenditures, up to ten
million dollars ($10,000,000), attributable to the production of a
qualified motion picture that is an independent film.

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(D) (i) In order to carry out subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2)
of subdivision (d), the California Film Commission shall increase
the applicable credit percentage by 5 percent, not to exceed a
maximum of 25 percent of qualified expenditures relating to
original photography outside the Los Angeles zone.

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(D) Additional credits shall be allowed to a qualified motion
picture whose applicable credit percentage is determined pursuant
to subparagraph (A), in an aggregate amount not to exceed 5
percent of the qualified expenditures under that subparagraph, as
follows:

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(i) (I) Five percent of qualified expenditures relating to original
photography outside the Los Angeles zone.

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(ii)

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begin delete

(I)

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begin insert (ia) end insert  “Applicable period” means the period that commences with
preproduction and ends when original photography concludes. The
applicable period includes the time necessary to strike a remote
location and return to the Los Angeles zone.

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(II)

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begin insert (ib) end insert  “Los Angeles zone” means the area within a circle 30 miles
in radius from Beverly Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, Los
Angeles, California, and includes Agua Dulce, Castaic, including
Lake Castaic, Leo Carillo State Beach, Ontario International
Airport, Piru, and Pomona, including the Los Angeles County
Fairgrounds. The Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Inc. Conejo Ranch
property is within the Los Angeles zone.

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(III) 

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begin insert (ic) end insert begin insert   end insert “Original photography” includes principal photography
and reshooting original footage.

begin delete

(IV)

end delete

begin insert (id) end insert  “Qualified expenditures relating to original photography
outside the Los Angeles zone” means amounts paid or incurred
during the applicable period for tangible personal property
purchased or leased and used or consumed outside the Los Angeles
zone and relating to original photography outside the Los Angeles
zone and qualified wages paid for services performed outside the
Los Angeles zone and relating to original photography outside the
Los Angeles zone.

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(E) Twenty-five

end delete

begin insert (ii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Five end insert percent of the qualified expenditures relating to music
scoring and music track recording by musicians attributable to the
production of a qualified motion picture in California.

begin delete

(F) Twenty-five

end delete

begin insert (iii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Five end insert percent of the qualified expenditures relating to
qualified visual effects attributable to the production of a qualified
motion picture in California.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Ancillary product” means any article for sale to the public
that contains a portion of, or any element of, the qualified motion
picture.

(2) “Budget” means an estimate of all expenses paid or incurred
during the production period of a qualified motion picture. It shall
be the same budget used by the qualified taxpayer and production
company for all qualified motion picture purposes.

(3) “Clip use” means a use of any portion of a motion picture,
other than the qualified motion picture, used in the qualified motion
picture.

(4) “Credit certificate” means the certificate issued by the
California Film Commission pursuant to subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (g).

(5) (A) “Employee fringe benefits” means the amount allowable
as a deduction under this part to the qualified taxpayer involved
in the production of the qualified motion picture, exclusive of any
amounts contributed by employees, for any year during the
production period with respect to any of the following:

(i) Employer contributions under any pension, profit-sharing,
annuity, or similar plan.

(ii) Employer-provided coverage under any accident or health
plan for employees.

(iii) The employer’s cost of life or disability insurance provided
to employees.

(B) Any amount treated as wages under clause (i) of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (21) shall not be taken into account
under this paragraph.

(6) “Independent film” means a motion picture with a minimum
budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000) that is produced by a
company that is not publicly traded and publicly traded companies
do not own, directly or indirectly, more than 25 percent of the
producing company.

(7) “Jobs ratio” means the amount of qualified wages paid to
qualified individuals divided by the amount of tax credit, begin insert not
including any additional credit allowed pursuant to subparagraph
(D) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a), end insert as computed by the
California Film Commission.

(8) “Licensing” means any grant of rights to distribute the
qualified motion picture, in whole or in part.

(9) “New use” means any use of a motion picture in a medium
other than the medium for which it was initially created.

(10) “Pilot for a new television series” means the initial episode
produced for a proposed television series.

(11) (A) “Postproduction” means the final activities in a
qualified motion picture’s production, including editing, foley
recording, automatic dialogue replacement, sound editing, scoring,
music track recording by musicians and music editing, beginning
and end credits, negative cutting, negative processing and
duplication, the addition of sound and visual effects, sound mixing,
film-to-tape transfers, encoding, and color correction.

(B) “Postproduction” does not include the manufacture or
shipping of release prints or their equivalent.

(12) “Preproduction” means the process of preparation for actual
physical production which begins after a qualified motion picture
has received a firm agreement of financial commitment, or is
greenlit, with, for example, the establishment of a dedicated
production office, the hiring of key crew members, and includes,
but is not limited to, activities that include location scouting and
execution of contracts with vendors of equipment and stage space.

(13) “Principal photography” means the phase of production
during which the motion picture is actually shot, as distinguished
from preproduction and postproduction.

(14) “Production period” means the period beginning with
preproduction and ending upon completion of postproduction.

(15) “Qualified entity” means a personal service corporation as
defined in Section 269A(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, a
payroll services corporation, or any entity receiving qualified wages
with respect to services performed by a qualified individual.

(16) “Qualified expenditures” means amounts paid or incurred
for tangible personal property purchased or leased, and used, within
this state in the production of a qualified motion picture and
payments, including qualified wages, for services performed within
this state in the production of a qualified motion picture.

(17) (A) “Qualified individual” means any individual who
performs services during the production period in an activity related
to the production of a qualified motion picture.

(B) “Qualified individual” shall not include either of the
following:

(i) Any individual related to the qualified taxpayer as described
in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of Section 51(i)(1) of the Internal
Revenue Code.

(ii) Any 5-percent owner, as defined in Section 416(i)(1)(B) of
the Internal Revenue Code, of the qualified taxpayer.

(18) (A) “Qualified motion picture” means a motion picture
that is produced for distribution to the general public, regardless
of medium, that is one of the following:

(i) A feature with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000).

(ii) A movie of the week or miniseries with a minimum
production budget of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).

(iii) A new television series of episodes longer than 40 minutes
each of running time, exclusive of commercials, that is produced
in California, with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000) per episode.

(iv) An independent film.

(v) A television series that relocated to California.

(vi) A pilot for a new television series that is longer than 40
minutes of running time, exclusive of commercials, that is produced
in California, and with a minimum production budget of one
million dollars ($1,000,000).

(B) To qualify as a “qualified motion picture,” all of the
following conditions shall be satisfied:

(i) At least 75 percent of the principal photography days occur
wholly in California or 75 percent of the production budget is
incurred for payment for services performed within the state and
the purchase or rental of property used within the state.

(ii) Production of the qualified motion picture is completed
within 30 months from the date on which the qualified taxpayer’s
application is approved by the California Film Commission. For
purposes of this section, a qualified motion picture is “completed”
when the process of postproduction has been finished.

(iii) The copyright for the motion picture is registered with the
United States Copyright Office pursuant to Title 17 of the United
States Code.

(iv) Principal photography of the qualified motion picture
commences after the date on which the application is approved by
the California Film Commission, but no later than 180 days after
the date of that approval unless death, disability, or disfigurement
of the director or of a principal cast member, an act of God,
including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, storm,
hurricane, or other natural disaster, terrorist activities, or
government sanction has directly prevented a production’s ability
to begin principal photography within the prescribed 180-day
commencement period.

(C) For the purposes of subparagraph (A), in computing the
total wages paid or incurred for the production of a qualified
motion picture, all amounts paid or incurred by all persons or
entities that share in the costs of the qualified motion picture shall
be aggregated.

(D) “Qualified motion picture” shall not include commercial
advertising, music videos, a motion picture produced for private
noncommercial use, such as weddings, graduations, or as part of
an educational course and made by students, a news program,
current events or public events program, talk show, game show,
sporting event or activity, awards show, telethon or other
production that solicits funds, reality television program, clip-based
programming if more than 50 percent of the content is comprised
of licensed footage, documentaries, variety programs, daytime
dramas, strip shows, one-half hour (air time) episodic television
shows, or any production that falls within the recordkeeping
requirements of Section 2257 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(19) (A) “Qualified taxpayer” means a taxpayer who has paid
or incurred qualified expenditures, participated in the Career
Readiness requirement, and has been issued a credit certificate by
the California Film Commission pursuant to subdivision (g).

(B) (i) In the case of any pass-thru entity, the determination of
whether a taxpayer is a qualified taxpayer under this section shall
be made at the entity level and any credit under this section is not
allowed to the pass-thru entity, but shall be passed through to the
partners or shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions
of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001). For purposes of this paragraph,
“pass-thru entity” means any entity taxed as a partnership or “S”
corporation.

(ii) In the case of an “S” corporation, the credit allowed under
this section shall not be used by an “S” corporation as a credit
against a tax imposed under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
23800) of Part 11 of Division 2.

(20) “Qualified visual effects” means visual effects where at
least 75 percent or a minimum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000)
of the qualified expenditures for the visual effects is paid or
incurred in California.

(21) (A) “Qualified wages” means all of the following:

(i) Any wages subject to withholding under Division 6
(commencing with Section 13000) of the Unemployment Insurance
Code that were paid or incurred by any taxpayer involved in the
production of a qualified motion picture with respect to a qualified
individual for services performed on the qualified motion picture
production within this state.

(ii) The portion of any employee fringe benefits paid or incurred
by any taxpayer involved in the production of the qualified motion
picture that are properly allocable to qualified wage amounts
described in clauses (i), (iii), and (iv).

(iii) Any payments made to a qualified entity for services
performed in this state by qualified individuals within the meaning
of paragraph (17).

(iv) Remuneration paid to an independent contractor who is a
qualified individual for services performed within this state by that
qualified individual.

(B) “Qualified wages” shall not include any of the following:

(i) Expenses, including wages, related to new use, reuse, clip
use, licensing, secondary markets, or residual compensation, or
the creation of any ancillary product, including, but not limited to,
a soundtrack album, toy, game, trailer, or teaser.

(ii) Expenses, including wages, paid or incurred with respect to
acquisition, development, turnaround, or any rights thereto.

(iii) Expenses, including wages, related to financing, overhead,
marketing, promotion, or distribution of a qualified motion picture.

(iv) Expenses, including wages, paid per person per qualified
motion picture for writers, directors, music directors, music
composers, music supervisors, producers, and performers, other
than background actors with no scripted lines.

(22) “Residual compensation” means supplemental
compensation paid at the time that a motion picture is exhibited
through new use, reuse, clip use, or in secondary markets, as
distinguished from payments made during production.

(23) “Reuse” means any use of a qualified motion picture in the
same medium for which it was created, following the initial use
in that medium.

(24) “Secondary markets” means media in which a qualified
motion picture is exhibited following the initial media in which it
is exhibited.

(25) “Television series that relocated to California” means a
television series, without regard to episode length or initial media
exhibition, with a minimum production budget of one million
dollars ($1,000,000) per episode, that filmed begin delete no fewer than end delete its most
recent begin delete two seasons end delete begin insert season end insert outside of California or has filmed all
seasons outside of California and for which the taxpayer certifies
that the credit provided pursuant to this section is the primary
reason for relocating to California.

(26) “Visual effects” means the creation, alteration, or
enhancement of images that cannot be captured on a set or location
during live action photography and therefore is accomplished in
postproduction. It includes, but is not limited to, matte paintings,
animation, set extensions, computer-generated objects, characters
and environments, compositing (combining two or more elements
in a final image), and wire removals. “Visual effects” does not
include fully animated projects, whether created by traditional or
digital means.

(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (i) of Section 23036, in
the case where the credit allowed by this section exceeds the
taxpayer’s tax liability computed under this part, a qualified
taxpayer may elect to assign any portion of the credit allowed
under this section to one or more affiliated corporations for each
taxable year in which the credit is allowed. For purposes of this
subdivision, “affiliated corporation” has the meaning provided in
subdivision (b) of Section 25110, as that section was amended by
Chapter 881 of the Statutes of 1993, as of the last day of the taxable
year in which the credit is allowed, except that “100 percent” is
substituted for “more than 50 percent” wherever it appears in the
section, and “voting common stock” is substituted for “voting
stock” wherever it appears in the section.

(2) The election provided in paragraph (1):

(A) May be based on any method selected by the qualified
taxpayer that originally receives the credit.

(B) Shall be irrevocable for the taxable year the credit is allowed,
once made.

(C) May be changed for any subsequent taxable year if the
election to make the assignment is expressly shown on each of the
returns of the qualified taxpayer and the qualified taxpayer’s
affiliated corporations that assign and receive the credits.

(D) Shall be reported to the Franchise Tax Board, in the form
and manner specified by the Franchise Tax Board, along with all
required information regarding the assignment of the credit,
including the corporation number, the federal employer
identification number, or other taxpayer identification number of
the assignee, and the amount of the credit assigned.

(3) (A) Notwithstanding any other law, a qualified taxpayer
may sell any credit allowed under this section that is attributable
to an independent film, as defined in paragraph (6) of subdivision
(b), to an unrelated party.

(B) The qualified taxpayer shall report to the Franchise Tax
Board prior to the sale of the credit, in the form and manner
specified by the Franchise Tax Board, all required information
regarding the purchase and sale of the credit, including the social
security or other taxpayer identification number of the unrelated
party to whom the credit has been sold, the face amount of the
credit sold, and the amount of consideration received by the
qualified taxpayer for the sale of the credit.

(4) In the case where the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “tax,” the excess credit may be carried over to reduce
the “tax” in the following taxable year, and succeeding five taxable
years, if necessary, until the credit has been exhausted.

(5) A credit shall not be sold pursuant to this subdivision to
more than one taxpayer, nor may the credit be resold by the
unrelated party to another taxpayer or other party.

(6) A party that has been assigned or acquired tax credits under
this subdivision shall be subject to the requirements of this section.

(7) In no event may a qualified taxpayer assign or sell any tax
credit to the extent the tax credit allowed by this section is claimed
on any tax return of the qualified taxpayer.

(8) In the event that both the taxpayer originally allocated a
credit under this section by the California Film Commission and
a taxpayer to whom the credit has been sold both claim the same
amount of credit on their tax returns, the Franchise Tax Board may
disallow the credit of either taxpayer, so long as the statute of
limitations upon assessment remains open.

(9) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to
any standard, criterion, procedure, determination, rule, notice, or
guideline established or issued by the Franchise Tax Board
pursuant to this subdivision.

(10) Subdivision (i) of Section 23036 shall not apply to any
credit sold pursuant to this subdivision.

(11) For purposes of this subdivision:

(A) An affiliated corporation or corporations that are assigned
a credit pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be treated as a qualified
taxpayer pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(B) The unrelated party or parties that purchase a credit pursuant
to paragraphs (3) to (10), inclusive, shall be treated as a qualified
taxpayer pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).

(d) (1) No credit shall be allowed pursuant to this section unless
the qualified taxpayer provides the following to the California
Film Commission:

(A) Identification of each qualified individual.

(B) The specific start and end dates of production.

(C) The total wages paid.

(D) The total amount of qualified wages paid to qualified
individuals.

(E) The copyright registration number, as reflected on the
certificate of registration issued under the authority of Section 410
of Title 17 of the United States Code, relating to registration of
claim and issuance of certificate. The registration number shall be
provided on the return claiming the credit.

(F) The total amounts paid or incurred to purchase or lease
tangible personal property used in the production of a qualified
motion picture.

(G) Information to substantiate its qualified expenditures.

(H) Information required by the California Film Commission
under regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision (g)
necessary to verify the amount of credit claimed.

(I) Provides documentation verifying completion of the Career
Readiness requirement.

(2) (A) Based on the information provided in paragraph (1),
the California Film Commission shall recompute the jobs ratio
previously computed in subdivision (g) and compare this
recomputed jobs ratio to the jobs ratio that the qualified taxpayer
previously listed on the application submitted pursuant to
subdivision (g). begin delete If the California Film Commission determines
that the jobs ratio has been reduced by more than 10 percent, the
California Film Commission shall reduce the amount of credit
allowed by an equal percentage, unless the qualified taxpayer
demonstrates, and the California Film Commission determines,
that reasonable cause exists for the jobs ratio reduction. end delete

begin insert

(B) (i) If the California Film Commission determines that the
jobs ratio has been reduced by more than 10 percent for a qualified
motion picture other than an independent film, the California Film
Commission shall reduce the amount of credit allowed by an equal
percentage, unless the qualified taxpayer demonstrates, and the
California Film Commission determines, that reasonable cause
exists for the jobs ratio reduction.

end insert begin delete

(B)

end delete

begin insert (ii) end insert  If the California Film Commission determines that the jobs
ratio has been reduced by more than 20 percent begin insert for a qualified
motion picture other than an independent film end insert , the California Film
Commission shall not accept an application described in
subdivision (g) from that qualified taxpayer or any member of the
qualified taxpayer’s controlled group for a period of not less than
one year from the date of that determination, unless the qualified
taxpayer demonstrates, and the California Film Commission
determines, that reasonable cause exists for the jobs ratio reduction.

(C) If the California Film Commission determines that the jobs
ratio has been reduced by more than begin delete 20 end delete begin insert 30 end insert percent for an
independent film, the begin delete tax credit allocation to the independent film
shall be revoked unless the qualified taxpayer demonstrates, and
the California Film Commission determines, that reasonable cause
exists for the jobs ratio reduction end delete begin insert California Film Commission
shall reduce the amount of credit allowed by an equal percentage,
plus 10 percent of the amount of credit that would otherwise have
been allowed, unless the qualified taxpayer demonstrates, and the
California Film Commission determines, that reasonable cause
exists for the jobs ratio reduction end insert .

begin delete

(D) Subject to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (4) of subdivision
(a), the California Film Commission shall increase the applicable
credit percentage by 5 percent, not to exceed a maximum of 25
percent, if the qualified motion picture paid or incurred outside
the Los Angeles zone the qualified expenditures relating to original
photography outside the Los Angeles zone.

end delete begin delete

(E)

end delete

begin insert (D) end insert  For the purposes of this paragraph, “reasonable cause”
means unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the qualified
taxpayer, such as, but not limited to, the cancellation of a television
series prior to the completion of the scheduled number of episodes
or other similar circumstances as determined by the California
Film Commission in regulations to be adopted pursuant to
subdivision (e).

(e) (1) (A) Subject to the Administrative Procedure Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the California Film
Commission shall adopt rules and regulations to implement a
Career Readiness requirement by which the California Film
Commission shall identify training and public service opportunities
that may include, but not be limited to, hiring interns, public service
announcements, and community outreach and may prescribe rules
and regulations to carry out the purposes of this section, including, begin delete subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) end delete begin insert subparagraph end insert
begin insert (D) end insert begin insert of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) end insert and clause (iv) of
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g), and including
any rules and regulations necessary to establish procedures,
processes, requirements, application fee structure, and rules
identified in or required to implement this section, including credit
and logo requirements begin insert and credit allocation procedures over
multiple fiscal years where the qualified taxpayer is producing a
series of features that will be filmed concurrently end insert .

(B) Notwithstanding any other law, prior to preparing a notice
of proposed action pursuant to Section 11346.4 of the Government
Code and prior to making any revision to the proposed regulation
other than a change that is nonsubstantial or solely grammatical
in nature , the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic
Development shall first approve the proposed regulation or
proposed change to a proposed regulation regarding allocating the
credit pursuant to subdivision (i), computing the jobs ratio as
described in subdivisions (d) and (g), and defining “reasonable
cause” pursuant to subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(d).

(2) (A) Implementation of this section for the 2015-16 fiscal
year is deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, or general
welfare and, therefore, the California Film Commission is hereby
authorized to adopt emergency regulations to implement this
section during the 2015-16 fiscal year in accordance with the
rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the
Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to
approve emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this paragraph.

begin insert

(3) The California Film Commission shall not be required to
prepare an economic impact analysis pursuant to the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code) with regard to any rules and regulations adopted pursuant
to this subdivision.

end insert

(f) If the qualified taxpayer fails to provide the copyright
registration number as required in subparagraph (E) of paragraph
(1) of subdivision (d), the credit shall be disallowed and assessed
and collected under Section 19051 until the procedures are
satisfied.

(g) For purposes of this section, the California Film Commission
shall do the following:

(1) Subject to the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through
(E), inclusive, of paragraph (2), on or after begin delete January end delete begin insert July end insert 1, 2015,
and before July 1, 2016, in one or more allocation periods per
fiscal year, allocate tax credits to applicants.

(2) On or after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, begin delete 2019, end delete begin insert 2020, end insert in
two or more allocation periods per fiscal year, allocate tax credits
to applicants.

(A) Establish a procedure for applicants to file with the
California Film Commission a written application, on a form jointly
prescribed by the California Film Commission and the Franchise
Tax Board for the allocation of the tax credit. The application shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(i) The budget for the motion picture production.

(ii) The number of production days.

(iii) A financing plan for the production.

(iv) The diversity of the workforce employed by the applicant,
including, but not limited to, the ethnic and racial makeup of the
individuals employed by the applicant during the production of
the qualified motion picture, to the extent possible.

(v) All members of a combined reporting group, if known at
the time of the application.

(vi) Financial information, if available, including, but not limited
to, the most recently produced balance sheets, annual statements
of profits and losses, audited or unaudited financial statements,
summary budget projections or results, or the functional equivalent
of these documents of a partnership or owner of a single member
limited liability company that is disregarded pursuant to Section
23038. The information provided pursuant to this clause shall be
confidential and shall not be subject to public disclosure.

(vii) The names of all partners in a partnership not publicly
traded or the names of all members of a limited liability company
classified as a partnership not publicly traded for California income
tax purposes that have a financial interest in the applicant’s
qualified motion picture. The information provided pursuant to
this clause shall be confidential and shall not be subject to public
disclosure.

(viii) The amount of qualified wages the applicant expects to
pay to qualified individuals.

(ix) The amount of tax credit begin delete requested not to exceed the
applicable credit percentage end delete begin insert the applicant computes the qualified
motion picture will receive, applying the applicable credit
percentages end insert described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a).

(x) A statement establishing that the tax credit described in this
section is a significant factor in the applicant’s choice of location
for the qualified motion picture. The statement shall include
information about whether the qualified motion picture is at risk
of not being filmed or specify the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in
which the qualified motion picture will be located in the absence
of the tax credit. The statement shall be signed by an officer or
executive of the applicant.

(xi) Any other information deemed relevant by the California
Film Commission or the Franchise Tax Board.

(B) Establish criteria, consistent with the requirements of this
section, for allocating tax credits.

(C) Determine and designate applicants who meet the
requirements of this section.

(D) (i) For purposes of allocating the credit amounts subject to
the categories described in subdivision (i) in any fiscal year, the
California Film Commission shall do all of the following:

(ii) For each allocation date and for each category, list each
applicant from highest to lowest according to the jobs ratio as
computed by the California Film Commission.

(iii) Subject to the applicable credit percentage, allocate the
credit to each applicant according to the highest jobs ratio, working
down the list, until the credit amount is exhausted.

(iv) Pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (e),
the California Film Commission may increase the jobs ratio by up
to 25 percent if a qualified motion picture increases economic
activity in California according to criteria developed by the
California Film Commission that would include, but not be limited
to, such factors as, the amount of the production and postproduction
spending in California, the utilization of production facilities in
California, and other criteria measuring economic impact in
California as determined by the Film Commission.

(v) Notwithstanding any other provision, any begin delete new end delete television
series, relocating television series, or any new television series
based on a pilot for a new television series that has been approved
and issued a credit allocation by the California Film Commission
begin delete either end delete under this section, Section 17053.95, 17053.85, or 23685
shall be issued a credit for each subsequent year, begin delete in an amount
equal to the prior credit amount, end delete for the life of that begin delete qualified motion
picture end delete begin insert television series end insert whenever credits are allocated within a
fiscal year.

(E) Subject to the annual cap and the allocation credit amounts
based on categories described in subdivision (i), allocate an
aggregate amount of credits under this section and Section
17053.95, and allocate any carryover of unallocated credits from
prior years and the amount of any credits reduced pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (d).

(3) Certify tax credits allocated to qualified taxpayers.

(A) Establish a verification procedure for the amount of qualified
expenditures paid or incurred by the applicant, including, but not
limited to, updates to the information in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (g).

(B) Establish audit requirements that must be satisfied before
a credit certificate may be issued by the California Film
Commission.

(C) (i) Establish a procedure for a qualified taxpayer to report
to the California Film Commission, prior to the issuance of a credit
certificate, the following information:

(I) If readily available, a list of the states, provinces, or other
jurisdictions in which any member of the applicant’s combined
reporting group in the same business unit as the qualified taxpayer
that, in the preceding calendar year, has produced a qualified
motion picture intended for release in the United States market.
For purposes of this clause, “qualified motion picture” shall not
include any episodes of a television series that were complete or
in production prior to July 1, 2016.

(II) Whether a qualified motion picture described in subclause
(I) was awarded any financial incentive by the state, province, or
other jurisdiction that was predicated on the performance of
primary principal photography or postproduction in that location.

(ii) The California Film Commission may provide that the report
required by this subparagraph be filed in a single report provided
on a calendar year basis for those qualified taxpayers that receive
multiple credit certificates in a calendar year.

(D) Issue a credit certificate to a qualified taxpayer upon
completion of the qualified motion picture reflecting the credit
amount allocated after qualified expenditures have been verified
and the jobs ratio computed under this section. The amount of
credit shown in the credit certificate shall not exceed the amount
of credit allocated to that qualified taxpayer pursuant to this section.

(4) Obtain, when possible, the following information from
applicants that do not receive an allocation of credit:

(A) Whether the qualified motion picture that was the subject
of the application was completed.

(B) If completed, in which state or foreign jurisdiction was the
primary principal photography completed.

(C) Whether the applicant received any financial incentives
from the state or foreign jurisdiction to make the qualified motion
picture in that location.

(5) Provide the Legislative Analyst’s Office, upon request, any
or all application materials or any other materials received from,
or submitted by, the applicants, in electronic format when available,
including, but not limited to, information provided pursuant to
clauses (i) to (xi) inclusive, of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2).

(6) The information provided to the California Film Commission
pursuant to this section shall constitute confidential tax information
for purposes of Article 2 (commencing with Section 19542) of
Chapter 7 of Part 10.2.

(h) (1) The California Film Commission shall annually provide
the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the Franchise Tax Board, and the
board with a list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts
allocated to each qualified taxpayer by the California Film
Commission. The list shall include the names and taxpayer
identification numbers, including taxpayer identification numbers
of each partner or shareholder, as applicable, of the qualified
taxpayer.

(2) (A) Notwithstanding paragraph (6) of subdivision (g), the
California Film Commission shall annually post on its Internet
Web site and make available for public release the following:

(i) A table which includes all of the following information: a
list of qualified taxpayers and the tax credit amounts allocated to
each qualified taxpayer by the California Film Commission, the
number of production days in California the qualified taxpayer
represented in its application would occur, the number of California
jobs that the qualified taxpayer represented in its application would
be directly created by the production, and the total amount of
qualified expenditures expected to be spent by the production.

(ii) A narrative staff summary describing the production of the
qualified taxpayer as well as background information regarding
the qualified taxpayer contained in the qualified taxpayer’s
application for the credit.

(B) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to make the
information submitted by an applicant for a tax credit under this
section a public record.

(3) The California Film Commission shall provide each city
and county in California with an instructional guide that includes,
but is not limited to, a review of best practices for facilitating
motion picture production in local jurisdictions, resources on
hosting and encouraging motion picture production, and the
California Film Commissions’ Model Film Ordinance. The
California Film Commission shall maintain on its Internet Web
site a list of initiatives by locality that encourage motion picture
production in regions across the state. The list shall be distributed
to each approved applicant for the program to highlight local
jurisdictions that offer incentives to facilitate film production.

(i) (1)  begin insert (A) end insert begin insert   end insert The aggregate amount of credits that may be
allocated for begin delete any end delete begin insert a end insert fiscal year pursuant to this section and Section
17053.95 begin delete shall be an amount equal to the sum of all of end delete begin insert is the
applicable amount described in end insert the following begin insert , plus any amount
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) end insert :

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(A) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) in credits for
the 2015-16 fiscal year.

end delete begin insert

(i) Two hundred thirty million dollars ($230,000,000) in credits
for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

end insert begin delete

(B) Four hundred million dollars ($400,000,000)

end delete

begin insert end insert
begin insert (ii) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Three hundred end insert begin insert thirty million dollars ($330,000,000) end insert in
credits for the 2016-17 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter,
through and including the begin delete 2018-19 end delete begin insert 2019- end insert begin insert 20 end insert fiscal year.

begin delete

(C)

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begin insert (B) end insert  The unused allocation credit amount, if any, for the
preceding fiscal year.

begin delete

(D)

end delete

begin insert (C) end insert  The amount of previously allocated credits not certified.

begin delete

(E)

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begin insert (D) end insert  The amount of any credits reduced pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (d).

(2) (A) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the California Film
Commission shall allocate the credit amounts subject to the
following categories:

(i) Independent films shall be allocated 5 percent of the amount
specified in paragraph (1).

(ii) Features shall be allocated 35 percent of the amount specified
in paragraph (1).

(iii) A relocating television series shall be allocated 20 percent
of the amount specified in paragraph (1).

(iv)  A new television series, pilots for a new television series,
movies of the week, miniseries, and recurring television series
shall be allocated 40 percent of the amount specified in paragraph
(1).

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(B) (i) Within 60 days after the allocation period, any unused
amount within a category or categories shall be apportioned to
another category or categories with a higher demand.

end delete begin delete

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the end of the fiscal year,
any unused amount within the allocation described in clause (iii)
of subparagraph (A) shall be reallocated to the allocation described
in clause (iv) of subparagraph (A).

end delete begin insert

(B) Within 60 days after the allocation period, any unused
amount within a category or categories shall be first reallocated
to the category described in clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) and,
if any unused amount remains, reallocated to another category or
categories with a higher demand as determined by the California
Film Commission.

end insert

(C) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the California Film
Commission may increase or decrease an allocation amount in
subparagraph (A) by 5 percent, if necessary, due to the jobs ratio,
the number of applications, or the allocation credit amounts
available by category compared to demand.

(D) With respect to a relocating television series issued a credit
in a subsequent year pursuant to clause (v) of subparagraph (D)
of paragraph (2) of subdivision (g), that subsequent credit amount
shall be begin delete paid end delete begin insert allowed end insert from the allocation amount described in
clause (iv) of subparagraph (A).

(3) Any act that reduces the amount that may be allocated
pursuant to paragraph (1) constitutes a change in state taxes for
the purpose of increasing revenues within the meaning of Section
3 of Article XIII   A of the California Constitution and may be
passed by not less than two-thirds of all Members elected to each
of the two houses of the Legislature.

(j) The California Film Commission shall have the authority to
allocate tax credits in accordance with this section and in
accordance with any regulations prescribed pursuant to subdivision
(e) upon adoption.

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begin insert SEC. 8. end insert   

The Legislature finds and declares that Sections 5 and
7 of this act impose a limitation on the public’s right of access to
the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials
and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the
California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision,
the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the
interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting
that interest:

In order to allow the California Film Commission to fully
accomplish its goals, it is imperative to protect the interests of
those persons submitting information to the California Film
Commission to ensure that any personal or sensitive business
information that this act requires those persons to submit is
protected as confidential information.

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begin insert SEC. 9. end insert   

The provisions of this act are severable. If any
provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application begin insert and the
Legislature shall determine the remedy for that invalidity end insert .

begin delete SEC. 12. end delete
begin insert SEC. 10. end insert   

Section begin delete 7.5 end delete begin insert 6.5 end insert of this bill incorporates amendments
to Section 23036 of the Revenue and Taxation Code proposed by
both this bill and Assembly Bill 2754. It shall only become
operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or
before January 1, 2015, but this bill becomes operative first, (2)
each bill amends Section 23036 of the Revenue and Taxation Code,
and (3) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2754, in which case
Section 23036 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, as amended by
Section begin delete 7 end delete begin insert 6 end insert of this bill, shall remain operative only until the
operative date of Assembly Bill 2754, at which time Section begin delete 7.5 end delete
begin insert 6.5 end insert of this bill shall become operative.

begin delete SEC. 13. end delete
begin insert SEC. 11. end insert   

This act provides for a tax levy within the meaning
of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.