As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Commission' means the Tennessee film, entertainment and music commission;(2) 'Commissioner' means the commissioner of economic and community development;(3) 'Department' means the department of economic and community development;(4) 'Executive director' means the director of the commission;(5) 'Film/TV fund' means the Tennessee film/television incentive fund;(6) 'Minority participant' means an individual who is impeded from normal entry into the economic mainstream because of race, religion, sex or national origin;(7) 'Production activities' means activities related to the production of entertainment properties;(8) 'Production company' means any person or entity that produces a film, movie, pilot, or show in this state; develops computer-generated imagery or interactive digital media, including audiovisual streaming services, in this state; or produces stand-alone post-production scoring and editing in this state;(9) 'State-certified production' means a film, movie, pilot, or show; computer-generated imagery or interactive digital media, including audiovisual streaming services; or stand-alone post-production scoring te-certified production' means a film, movie, pilot, or show; computer-generated imagery or interactive digital media, including audiovisual streaming services; or stand-alone post-production scoring and editing, that meets the criteria established by the commission to receive an incentive grant; and(10) 'Tennessee motion picture and television incentive grant' or 'incentive grant' means a grant for a state-certified production that is approved by the department to receive a grant based upon the recommendation of the executive director.Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 919,s 2, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 919,s 1, eff. 7/1/2018.Acts 2006, ch. 916, § 3.
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