March 4, 2008, Introduced by Senators HUNTER, ALLEN, VAN WOERKOM, BIRKHOLZ, KUIPERS, STAMAS, BROWN, GILBERT, JANSEN, HARDIMAN, McMANUS, PAPPAGEORGE, RICHARDVILLE, JELINEK, KAHN, GEORGE, GARCIA, JACOBS, CHERRY, WHITMER, PRUSI, GLEASON, BARCIA, THOMAS, ANDERSON, SCHAUER, CLARKE and OLSHOVE and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
(MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 125.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 125. (1) The director may authorize a person engaged in
the production of a film in this state to use without charge
property owned or under the control of the department or a state
agency for the purpose of producing a film under terms and
conditions established by the director. The economic and other
benefits to this state of film production located in this state
shall be considered to be the value received by the department in
exchange for the use of property under this section.
(2) The director shall not authorize the use of property owned
or under the control of the department for the production of a film
that includes obscene matter or an obscene performance or for a
production for which records are required to be maintained with
respect to any performer under 18 USC 2557.
(3) The department shall cooperate with the Michigan film
office in providing the office with information about potential
film locations owned or under the control of the department and the
use of property owned or under the control of the department.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Film" means single media or multimedia entertainment
content for distribution or exhibition to the general public by any
means and media in any digital media format, film, or video tape,
including, but not limited to, a motion picture, a documentary, a
television series, a television miniseries, a television special,
interstitial television programming, long-form television,
interactive television, music videos, interactive games, video
games, commercials, internet programming, an internet video, a
sound recording, a video, digital animation, or an interactive
website.
(b) "Michigan film office" means the office created under
chapter 2A of the Michigan strategic fund act.
(c) "Obscene matter or an obscene performance" means matter
described in 1984 PA 343, MCL 752.361 to 752.374.