Oklahoma § 74-2236 - Oklahoma Film and Music Office

§ 74-2236. Oklahoma Film and Music Office

A. There is hereby created within the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce, the Oklahoma Film and Music Office. The Office shall have

the primary responsibility in state government for promoting the

state as a location for producing motion pictures, television

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government

programs, videos and recording or performing music. The Office

shall assist the motion picture, television and video film and music

industries by providing production contacts in the state, suggesting

possible filming, performing, publishing, and recording locations,

and other activities that may be required to promote the state as a

filming and music center. The Office shall develop resource guides,

a database, and a web site. The Office shall develop listings of

music festivals and music events being held in Oklahoma.

B. The Oklahoma Film and Music Office shall cooperate with

other state and local offices as required to promote the film and

music industries in this state.

C. The Oklahoma Film and Music Office shall establish a film

production registration program. Under the program, film production

companies shall be required to register with the Office prior to

starting production on a film located in the state. The Office

shall not require production companies to pay a fee for

registration. The purpose of the program shall be to allow the

Office to accurately track the number of filming productions

occurring in the state and the economic impact of those productions.

D. The Oklahoma Film and Music Office shall submit an annual

report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate prior to July 1 of each

year regarding the activities of the Office. The report shall state

the number of filming productions that the Office has helped bring

to the state and the economic impact of those productions, and

provide similar information concerning the efforts of the Office to

promote the music industry in this state.

E. On the effective date of this act, all administrative rules

promulgated by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department

regarding the Oklahoma Film and Music Office shall be transferred to

and become a part of the administrative rules of the Oklahoma

Department of Commerce. The Office of Administrative Rules in the

Office of the Secretary of State shall provide adequate notice in

the Oklahoma Register of the transferred rules and shall place the

transferred rules under the Administrative Code section of the

Oklahoma Department of Commerce. On the effective date of this act,

any amendment, repeal or addition to the transferred rules shall be

under the rulemaking authority of the Oklahoma Department of

Commerce. The Department of Commerce may enact rules to administer

programs within the Oklahoma Film and Music Office.

Added by Laws 2005, c. 363, § 37, eff. Nov. 1, 2005. Amended by

Laws 2006, c. 29, § 3, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2013, c. 227, § 33,

eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2021, c. 312, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.