FORTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2003





March 5, 2003





Mr. Speaker:



Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred



HOUSE BILL 919



has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:



1. On page 1, line 11, after "FILM" insert "AND MULTIMEDIA".



2. On page 1, line 13, strike "EXPEDITED TRAINING".



3. On page 1, line 13, after "FILM" insert "AND MULTIMEDIA".



4. On page 1, line 24, after "film" insert "and multimedia".



5. On page 4, line 4, strike "The" and insert in lieu thereof "Except as provided in Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978 for film and multimedia production companies, the".



6. On page 5, line 24, after the period insert a closing quotation mark.



7. On page 5, line 25 through page 6, line 3, strike Subsection G in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new sections:



"Section 2. A new Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:



"21-19-7.1. [NEW MATERIAL] DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR FILM AND MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION COMPANIES.--After consulting with the New Mexico film division of the economic development department, the industrial training board shall promulgate rules for development funding for film and multimedia production companies. The rules shall provide:



A. for preapproval by the New Mexico film division of personnel who:



(1) are New Mexico residents;



(2) have attended a training course sponsored in part by an accredited educational institution in New Mexico, the labor department or the New Mexico film division; and



(3) have been certified as a film and multimedia trainee by the New Mexico film division;



B. for submission to the economic development division of the economic development department by a film or multimedia production company, after completing production in New Mexico, of employment, salary and related information concerning those personnel who have been:



(1) approved by the New Mexico film division pursuant to Subsection A of this section; and



(2) employed by the production company in a film or multimedia production in New Mexico;



C. after approval by the economic development division, for reimbursement from the development training fund to the production company of fifty percent of the salaries paid to the personnel for whom information is submitted pursuant to Subsection B of this section; and



D. that the reimbursement shall be made by the economic development division without further action or approval of the industrial training board."



Section 3. TEMPORARY PROVISION.--Up to one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the balances of the development training fund may be expended in fiscal year 2004 to reimburse film and multimedia production companies pursuant to the provisions of Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978 and up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of the balances of the fund may be expended in fiscal year 2004 for costs incurred in administering the provisions of Section 21-19-7.1 NMSA 1978.".



8. Renumber the succeeding section accordingly.





Respectfully submitted,







Max Coll, Chairman





Adopted Not Adopted

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)



Date



The roll call vote was 10 For 1 Against

Yes: 10

No: Coll

Excused: Bratton, King, Larrañaga, Marquardt, Moore, Ogle,

Taylor, J.P.

Absent: None





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