[MISP] Rebate Cap Proposal for NM Legislature
Eric Renz-Whitmore
Hi again everyone...
As many of you have heard there's a proposal for capping the state's before the state's Legislative Finance Committee this Saturday (more info below). If you'd like to show your support for the film (and media production) industry or concern about the proposed legislation, there are a couple ways you can help.
First, you can show up at the Roundhouse this Saturday. Believe me, we know this conflicts with the media industries conference, but a real show of support for the film industry when the committee meets at 12:30 would be great.
Second, you can contact your legislators to share your support or concerns. Two good candidates (not those proposing the legislation) are:
Speaker Ben Lujan
986-4782 / Ben....@nmlegis.gov
Senator Michael Sanchez
986-4727 / senatorm...@aol.com
If you'd like more information about the rebate program itself, visit: http://www.nmfilm.com/filming/incentives/tax-rebate.php
btw... if you'd like more information about how to apply for and use this program yourself, NMFO Deputy Director Jennifer Schwalenberg herself and Producer Eileen Street will be here at the Media Industries conference in the morning to show you how it all works: http://artslab.unm.edu/newsevents/MI4NMF.htm
From Jon Hendry @ IATSE 480:
URGENT Message regarding film in NM
The
legislative finance committee (the top budget committee of the
legislature) is discussing a proposal this Saturday (1/12/08) that
would put a cap of $30m on the rebate program for motion pictures. This
would have an immediate detrimental effect on the entire film industry
in NM as even discussing potential caps would encourage pictures to
look elsewhere. We currently have enough pictures on the books for 2008
to exceed a $30m cap. The film rebate program has been the most
successful economic development initiative in the history of the state
of NM and there are now thousands of workers and hundreds of businesses
who rely on motion pictures. I'm asking that anyone who has an interest
in this (and everyone who receives this email should be interested)
attend the committee hearing to show their support for the film
business.
The meeting is in room 322 at the State Capital in Santa Fe (Paseo
de Peralta & Old Santa Fe Trail) we are third on the agenda of the
afternoon session which begins at 12:30pm.
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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
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