Tennessee § 4-3-4902 - Part definitions.

§ 4-3-4902. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Commission” means the Tennessee film, entertainment and music commission; “Commissioner” means the commissioner of economic and community development; “Department” means the department of economic and community development; “Executive director” means the director of the commission; “Film/TV fund” means the Tennessee film/television incentive fund; “Minority participant” means an individual who is impeded from normal entry into the economic mainstream because of race, religion, sex or national origin; “Production activities” means activities related to the production of entertainment properties; “Production company” means any person or entity that produces a film, movie, pilot, or show in this state; develops computer-generated imagery or interactive digital media, including audiovisual streaming services, in this state; or produces stand-alone post-production scoring and editing in this state; “State-certified production” means a film, movie, pilot, or show; computer-generated imagery or interactive digital media, including audiovisual streaming services; or stand-alone post-production scoring and editing, that meets the criteria established by the commission to receive an incentive grant; and “Tennessee motion picture and television incentive grant” or “incentive grant” means a grant for a state-certified production that is approved by the department to receive a grant based upon the recommendation of the executive director. Acts 2006, ch. 916, § 3; 2018, ch. 919, §§ 1, 2. Amendments. The 2018 amendment in the definition of “production company”, inserted “develops computer-generated imagery or interactive digital media, including audiovisual streaming services, in Tennessee; or produces stand-alone post-production scoring and editing in Tennessee;”; and in the definition of “state-certified production”, inserted “; computer-generated imagery or interactive digital media, including audiovisual streaming services; or stand-alone post-production scoring and editing,”. Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 919, § 6. July 1, 2018.