NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8294

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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May 08, 2020	referred to commerce, economic development and small business

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:: Economic Development Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 23 §450, Ec Dev L

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the empire state development corporation and the governor's office of motion picture and television development to promulgate rules and regulations for municipalities charging film permit fees.

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8294

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the economic development law, in relation to directing
the empire state development corporation and the governor's office of
motion picture and television development to promulgate rules and regu-
lations for municipalities charging film permit fees

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would limit the ability of municipalities to charge
exorbitant permit fees for film, television and commercial productions.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the economic development law to add a section that
would require the Governor's Office of Motion Picture and Television
Development shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding permit fees
charged by municipalities for film, television, and commercial

productions.

Section two establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In recent years the number of films and other media productions has
drastically increased across the state due to the Film and Motion
picture tax credit, which incentivizes studios to film across New York
State, including Upstate New York. This bill aims to prevent localities
from charging fees that go beyond a reasonable amount.  Setting such
high upfront fees only serves to deter production companies from filming
in our communities by increasing costs and red tape.

Filming in Upstate New York has become attractive to production compa-
nies, big and small, due to State incentives in place to give some film
projects tax breaks. These high fees discourage return business that
brings revenue into local economies, such as the bed tax, hotel and
restaurant fees, and sales tax revenue. While municipalities are enti-
tled to be made whole and be compensated, unnecessarily high fees hurt
these communities in the long run.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New legislation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8294
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the economic development law, in relation to directing
   the empire state development corporation and the governor's office  of
   motion  picture  and  television  development  to promulgate rules and
   regulations for municipalities charging film permit fees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  economic  development law is amended by adding a new
 article 23 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 23
                FILM, TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS
 SECTION 450. FILM PERMIT FEES.
   § 450. FILM PERMIT FEES. THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT  CORPORATION  IN
 CONJUNCTION  WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION
 DEVELOPMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING PERMIT FEES
 CHARGED  BY  MUNICIPALITIES  FOR   FILM,   TELEVISION   AND   COMMERCIAL
 PRODUCTIONS. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMIT-
 ED  TO, LANGUAGE THAT PROVIDES FOR A SPECIFIC MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT CAN BE
 CHARGED BY A MUNICIPALITY FOR ALL SUCH FEES IN EACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 REGION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14917-01-0

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Senate Bill S8294

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Timothy M. Kennedy

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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