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 | 926-4118 | |
Lela Alston | 15 | D | 926-5829 | |
Ben Arredondo | 17 | D | 926-4124 | |
Cecil P. Ash | 18 | R | 926-3160 | |
Brenda Barton | 5 | R | 926-4129 | |
Kate Brophy McGee | 11 | R | 926-4486 | |
Chad Campbell, Minority Leader | 14 | D | 926-3026 | |
Heather Carter | 7 | R | 926-5503 | |
Tom Chabin | 2 | D | 926-5160 | |
Steve Court, Majority Leader | 18 | R | 926-4467 | |
Chester Crandell | 5 | R | 926-5409 | |
Jeff Dial | 20 | R | 926-5550 | |
Karen Fann | 1 | R | 926-5874 | |
Steve Farley, Assistant Minority Leader | 28 | D | 926-3022 | |
Eddie Farnsworth | 22 | R | 926-5735 | |
John Fillmore | 23 | R | 926-3012 | |
Tom Forese | 21 | R | 926-5168 | |
Ruben Gallego | 16 | D | 926-3042 | |
Sally Ann Gonzales | 27 | D | 926-3278 | |
Doris Goodale | 3 | R | 926-5408 | |
David Gowan | 30 | R | 926-3312 | |
Rick Gray | 9 | R | 926-5993 | |
Albert Hale | 2 | D | 926-4323 | |
Jack W. Harper | 4 | R | 926-4178 | |
Matt Heinz | 29 | D | 926-3424 | |
Katie Hobbs | 15 | D | 926-5325 | |
Russ Jones | 24 | R | 926-3002 | |
Peggy Judd | 25 | R | 926-5836 | |
John Kavanagh | 8 | R | 926-5170 | |
Debbie Lesko, Majority Whip | 9 | R | 926-5413 | |
Phil Lovas | 4 | R | 926-3297 | |
Debbie McCune Davis | 14 | D | 926-4485 | |
Nancy McLain | 3 | R | 926-5051 | |
Javan "J.D." Mesnard | 21 | R | 926-4481 | |
Eric Meyer | 11 | D | 926-3037 | |
Catherine H. Miranda | 16 | D | 926-4893 | |
Steve B. Montenegro, Speaker Pro Tempore | 12 | R | 926-5955 | |
Justin Olson | 19 | R | 926-5288 | |
Lynne Pancrazi | 24 | D | 926-3004 | |
Justin Pierce | 19 | R | 926-5495 | |
Frank Pratt | 23 | R | 926-5761 | |
Terri Proud | 26 | R | 926-3398 | |
Martin J. Quezada | 13 | D | 926-5911 | |
Amanda A. Reeve | 6 | R | 926-3014 | |
Bob Robson | 20 | R | 926-5549 | |
Macario Saldate IV | 27 | D | 926-4171 | |
Carl Seel | 6 | R | 926-3018 | |
David Burnell Smith | 7 | R | 926-4916 | |
David W. Stevens | 25 | R | 926-4321 | |
Andy Tobin, Speaker of the House | 1 | R | 926-5172 | |
Anna Tovar, Minority Whip | 13 | D | 926-3392 | |
Michelle Ugenti | 8 | R | 926-4480 | |
Steve Urie | 22 | R | 926-4136 | |
Ted Vogt | 30 | R | 926-3235 | |
Jim Weiers | 10 | R | 926-4173 | |
Jerry Weiers | 12 | R | 926-5894 | |
Bruce Wheeler | 28 | D | 926-3300 | |
Vic Williams | 26 | R | 926-5839 | |
Kimberly Yee | 10 | R | 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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