Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Tucson: HB2127 HOUSE Alert - Please forward

 

From: Shelli Hall [mailto:SHall@visittucson.org]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:28 AM
Subject: HB2127 HOUSE Alert - Please forward

Friends of Film in Arizona,

 

HB2127 will be heard in the House caucus today for concurrence to last week’s Senate amendments. Assuming everything goes smoothly, our next step will be to go the House floor for a final vote before it goes to the Governor.

 

Please contact House Representatives and ask that they please support HB2127. We’d like you to contact ALL of them, but if you can’t do that, please contact the House members in and around your district. The House is going to be an even tougher fight than the Senate, and, as you know, our bill passed by a slim margin in the Senate.

 

Here’s an article about what went on in the Senate last week: Tax Breaks and Movie Production Debated

 

NAME

DISTRICT

PARTY

E-MAIL

PHONE (602)

Eddie Ableser

17

D

eableser@azleg.gov

926-4118

Lela Alston

15

D

lalston@azleg.gov

926-5829

Ben Arredondo

17

D

barredondo@azleg.gov

926-4124

Cecil P. Ash

18

R

cash@azleg.gov

926-3160

Brenda Barton

5

R

bbarton@azleg.gov

926-4129

Kate Brophy McGee

11

R

kbrophymcgee@azleg.gov

926-4486

Chad Campbell,

Minority Leader

14

D

chcampbell@azleg.gov

926-3026

Heather Carter

7

R

hcarter@azleg.gov

926-5503

Tom Chabin

2

D

tchabin@azleg.gov

926-5160

Steve Court,

Majority Leader

18

R

scourt@azleg.gov

926-4467

Chester Crandell

5

R

ccrandell@azleg.gov

926-5409

Jeff Dial

20

R

jdial@azleg.gov

926-5550

Karen Fann

1

R

kfann@azleg.gov

926-5874

Steve Farley,

Assistant Minority Leader

28

D

sfarley@azleg.gov

926-3022

Eddie Farnsworth

22

R

efarnsworth@azleg.gov

926-5735

John Fillmore

23

R

jfillmore@azleg.gov

926-3012

Tom Forese

21

R

tforese@azleg.gov

926-5168

Ruben Gallego

16

D

rgallego@azleg.gov

926-3042

Sally Ann Gonzales

27

D

sgonzales@azleg.gov

926-3278

Doris Goodale

3

R

dgoodale@azleg.gov

926-5408

David Gowan

30

R

dgowan@azleg.gov

926-3312

Rick Gray

9

R

rgray@azleg.gov

926-5993

Albert Hale

2

D

ahale@azleg.gov

926-4323

Jack W. Harper

4

R

jharper@azleg.gov

926-4178

Matt Heinz

29

D

mheinz@azleg.gov

926-3424

Katie Hobbs

15

D

khobbs@azleg.gov

926-5325

Russ Jones

24

R

rjones@azleg.gov

926-3002

Peggy Judd

25

R

pjudd@azleg.gov

926-5836

John Kavanagh

8

R

jkavanagh@azleg.gov

926-5170

Debbie Lesko, Majority Whip

9

R

dlesko@azleg.gov

926-5413

Phil Lovas

4

R

plovas@azleg.gov

926-3297

Debbie McCune Davis

14

D

ddavis@azleg.gov

926-4485

Nancy McLain

3

R

nmclain@azleg.gov

926-5051

Javan "J.D." Mesnard

21

R

jmesnard@azleg.gov

926-4481

Eric Meyer

11

D

emeyer@azleg.gov

926-3037

Catherine H. Miranda

16

D

cmiranda@azleg.gov

926-4893

Steve B. Montenegro,

Speaker Pro Tempore

12

R

smontenegro@azleg.gov

926-5955

Justin Olson

19

R

jolson@azleg.gov

926-5288

Lynne Pancrazi

24

D

lpancrazi@azleg.gov

926-3004

Justin Pierce

19

R

jpierce@azleg.gov

926-5495

Frank Pratt

23

R

fpratt@azleg.gov

926-5761

Terri Proud

26

R

tproud@azleg.gov

926-3398

Martin J. Quezada

13

D

mquezada@azleg.gov

926-5911

Amanda A. Reeve

6

R

areeve@azleg.gov

926-3014

Bob Robson

20

R

brobson@azleg.gov

926-5549

Macario Saldate IV

27

D

msaldate@azleg.gov

926-4171

Carl Seel

6

R

cseel@azleg.gov

926-3018

David Burnell Smith

7

R

dsmith@azleg.gov

926-4916

David W. Stevens

25

R

dstevens@azleg.gov

926-4321

Andy Tobin,

Speaker of the House

1

R

atobin@azleg.gov

926-5172

Anna Tovar, Minority Whip

13

D

atovar@azleg.gov

926-3392

Michelle Ugenti

8

R

mugenti@azleg.gov

926-4480

Steve Urie

22

R

surie@azleg.gov

926-4136

Ted Vogt

30

R

tvogt@azleg.gov

926-3235

Jim Weiers

10

R

jweiers@azleg.gov

926-4173

Jerry Weiers

12

R

jpweiers@azleg.gov

926-5894

Bruce Wheeler

28

D

bwheeler@azleg.gov

926-3300

Vic Williams

26

R

vwilliams@azleg.gov

926-5839

Kimberly Yee

10

R

kyee@azleg.gov

926-3024

 

TALKING POINTS:

HB2127: MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION INCENTIVES

 

BACKGROUND: The motion picture production industry has deep roots in Arizona dating back to Statehood. Thousands of Arizona residents have been employed as crews, technicians, actors, and numerous Arizona vendors have profited from the industry. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into the Arizona economy via film and TV production and from Tourism that has resulted from Arizona’s portrayal in countless films and numerous TV series.

 

Currently, the film and burgeoning multimedia production industry is suffering in our state. Over 40 states have created state supported tax incentive programs to lure this lucrative business. These programs make it impossible for Arizona to compete. Without this incentive, thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of income are being lost, and damage to this long established industry is occurring.

 

To help level the playing field and maintain and enhance this vibrant economic engine for our state, HB2127 was created.

 

·         It’s FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE: - Not ONE penny, not one incentive, is issued by the State until AFTER the private producer/developer spends hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, of private money IN ARIZONA

 

·         A 2010 ESI Corporation Economic Impact Analysis of our prior incentive program bill forecasted an actual 8% in PROFIT for the General Fund

 

 

·         HB2127 is an even SMARTER INCENTIVE than the prior incentive program because the sales tax exemption has been taken out as well as the transferability

 

·         ACCOUNTABILITY: Audits and other accountability measures – after the jobs are created, and the money is spent-  are mandated by the bill to ensure the money was properly spent

 

·         NEW JOBS and NEW REVENUES will start immediately as TV series and feature films locate here, as hundreds of construction jobs are created for planned for soundstage facilities, to be followed by jobs at the facilities and with suppliers.

 

·         EDUCATION AND MENTORING: the bill provides for ways to keep multimedia production students who attend our universities, community colleges, and private institutions from leaving the state to find jobs and to instead use that education (to which we all contribute) here.

 

·         MAINTAINS AN INDUSTRY that has been here in Arizona SINCE STATEHOOD, especially as we enter our CENTENNIAL YEAR.

 

 

 

ONWARD + UPWARD!

Shelli

 

Shelli Hall

Director

Tucson Film Office

division of Metro Tucson CVB

100 S. Church Ave

Tucson, AZ 85701

520.770.2126

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