Public Act 100-0603
 
SB1461 EnrolledLRB100 11202 HLH 21511 b



    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 






 
    Section 5. The Film
Production Services Tax Credit Act of 
2008 is amended  by changing Sections 45 and 50 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 16/45)

    Sec. 45. Evaluation of tax credit program; reports to the 
General Assembly. 
    (a) The Department shall evaluate the tax credit program. 
The evaluation must include an assessment of the effectiveness 
of the program in creating and retaining new jobs in Illinois 
and of the revenue impact of the program, and may include a 
review of the practices and experiences of other states or 
nations with similar programs. Upon completion of this 
evaluation, the Department shall determine the overall success 
of the program, and may make a recommendation to extend, 
modify, or not extend the program based on this evaluation.
    (b) At the end of each fiscal quarter, the Department must 
submit to the General Assembly a report that includes, without 
limitation, the following information:
        (1) the economic impact of the tax credit program,
     
    including the number of jobs created and retained, 
    including whether the job positions are entry level, 
    management, talent-related, vendor-related, or 
    production-related;
        (2) the amount of film production spending brought to
     
    Illinois, including the amount of spending and type of 
    Illinois vendors hired in connection with an accredited 
    production; and
        (3) an overall picture of whether the human
     
    infrastructure of the motion picture industry in Illinois 
    reflects the geographical, racial and ethnic, gender, and 
    income-level diversity of the State of Illinois.


    (c) At the end of each fiscal year, the Department must
     
submit to the General Assembly a report that includes, without 
limitation, the following information:
        (1) an identification of each vendor that provided
     
    goods or services that were included in an accredited 
    production's Illinois production spending, provided that 
    the accredited production's Illinois production spending 
    attributable  to that vendor exceeds, in the aggregate, 
    $10,000 or 10% of the accredited production's Illinois 
    production spending, whichever is less;
        (2) the amount paid to each identified vendor by the
     
    accredited production;
        (3) for each identified vendor, a statement as to
     
    whether the vendor is a minority owned business or a female 
    owned business, as defined under Section 2 of the Business 
    Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with 
    Disabilities Act, based on the best efforts of an 
    accredited production; and
        (4) a description of any steps taken by the
     Department 
    to encourage accredited productions to use vendors who are 
    a minority owned business or a female owned business.

(Source: P.A. 95-720, eff. 5-27-08.)
 
    (35 ILCS 16/50)

    Sec. 50. Program terms and conditions.
Except for 
information that will be included, in an aggregated manner, 
within the annual report required under Section 45 of this Act, 
any Any documentary materials or data made available or 
received by
any agent or employee of the
Department are 
confidential and are not public records to the extent that the

materials or data consist of commercial or financial 
information
regarding the operation of the production of the 
applicant for or
recipient of any tax credit under this Act.
 

(Source: P.A. 95-720, eff. 5-27-08.)
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.