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83rd Session bill

AB238

AN ACT relating to economic development; enacting the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act; requiring the Office of Economic Development to enter into a development agreement to establish certain criteria for the development of infrastructure for the production of motion pictures and other qualified productions and other new capital investment in this State; establishing certain penalties if the development does not meet certain requirements for new capital investment and expenditures for the production of motion pictures and other qualified productions; establishing requirements for a production company located at such a development to be eligible for film infrastructure transferable tax credits for qualified productions produced at the development; providing for the calculation of the amount of film infrastructure transferable tax credits; requiring the creation of a production studio entertainment district; revising provisions governing noninfrastructure transferable tax credits for motion pictures and other qualified productions produced in this State; authorizing an additional amount of noninfrastructure transferable tax credits; establishing the Account for Nevada Film, Media and Related Technology Education and Vocational Training and a board to approve distributions from the Account; providing for the distribution of money from the Account to certain entities and organizations that provide education and vocational training to develop a workforce for the production of qualified productions in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to economic development; enacting the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act; requiring the Office of Economic Development to enter into a development agreement to establish certain criteria for the development of infrastructure for the production of motion pictures and other qualified productions and other new capital investment in this State; establishing certain penalties if the development does not meet certain requirements for new capital investment and expenditures for the production of motion pictures and other qualified productions; establishing requirements for a production company located at such a development to be eligible for film infrastructure transferable tax credits for qualified productions produced at the development; providing for the calculation of the amount of film infrastructure transferable tax credits; requiring the creation of a production studio entertainment district; revising provisions governing noninfrastructure transferable tax credits for motion pictures and other qualified productions produced in this State; authorizing an additional amount of noninfrastructure transferable tax credits; establishing the Account for Nevada Film, Media and Related Technology Education and Vocational Training and a board to approve distributions from the Account; providing for the distribution of money from the Account to certain entities and organizations that provide education and vocational training to develop a workforce for the production of qualified productions in this State; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Introduction Date

Monday, February 17, 2025

Primary Sponsor

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Public exhibits

24

Support 8 · Opp 6 · Neutral 4

Auditor findings

2

recusal 2 · QPQ 0

Auditor finding — recusal failure

2 recusal-failure finding(s) on this bill

Legislator voted on this bill despite a documented financial relationship with an interested party. NRS 281A.420 conflict-of-interest.

Bill digest

AN ACT relating to economic development; enacting the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act; requ

Existing law establishes a program for the issuance of transferable tax credits by the Office of Economic Development to the production company of a motion picture or other qualified production, based upon qualified direct production expenditures made for the purchase of personal property or services from a Nevada business. (NRS 360.758-360.7598) This bill revises provisions governing these transferable tax credits and enacts the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act to authorize film infrastructure transferable tax credits for qualified productions produced at the site of the Summerlin Production Studios Project. Sections 1-16 of this bill enact the Nevada Studio Jobs and Workforce Training Act, which provides film infrastructure transferable tax credits for production companies located within the Summerlin Production Studios Project, as defined in section 8. Section 9 requires the Office of Economic Development to enter into a development agreement with the lead participant of the Project to establish: (1) certain criteria that the Project is required to satisfy in exchange for production companies located at the Project to be eligible for film infrastructure transferable tax credits; and (2) certain requirements for new capital investment in this State and the generation of direct production expenditures in this State, which the Project must meet, with certain exceptions, to avoid penalties specified in section 9. Section 10: (1) authorizes productio

Public testimony

NELIS exhibits (24 on file)

Support (8)

  • Rusty Meyers (Email)
  • David Avne (Letter)
  • the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada (Combined Letters)
  • Michael Brady (Testimony)
  • Jason Soto (Letter)
  • Kim Renee (Email)
  • Leslie S. West (Letter)
  • (unnamed) (Testimony)

Opposition (6)

  • Chris Daly — Nevada State Education Association (Testimony)
  • Ronnie Najarro and Wiselet Rouzard — Americans for Prosperity Nevada (Testimony)
  • John Tsarpalas — Nevada Policy Research Institute (Letter)
  • Shelbie Swartz — Battle Born Progress (Testimony)
  • Kerri Finn (Letter)
  • Eddie Diaz — The LIBRE Initiative Nevada (Letter)

Neutral (4)

  • (unattributed) (Testimony)
  • (unattributed) (Testimony)
  • Alexander Marks — Nevada State Education Association (Testimony)
  • Christopher F. Boeres (Testimony)

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