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2025 Utah Code
Title 63N - Economic Opportunity Act
Chapter 8 - Motion Picture Incentives
Section 101 - Title -- Purpose.
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UT Code § 63N-8-101 (2025)
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Effective 5/12/2015
63N-8-101. Title -- Purpose.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 283, 2015 General Session
63N-8-101. Title -- Purpose.
- (1) This chapter is known as "Motion Picture Incentives."
- (2) The Legislature finds that:
- (a) the state's natural beauty, scenic wonders, and diverse topography provide a variety of magnificent settings from which the motion picture industry can choose to film part or all of major or independent motion pictures, made-for-television movies, and television series;
- (b) the state has an abundance of resources, including a skilled and able workforce, the required infrastructure, and a friendly and hospitable populace that have been instrumental in the filming of hundreds of successful motion pictures and several television series; and
- (c) further development of the motion picture industry in Utah is a state public purpose that will significantly impact growth in the state's economy and contribute to the fiscal well being of the state and its people.
- (3) The purpose of this chapter is to:
- (a) encourage the use of Utah as a site for the production of motion pictures, television series, and made-for-television movies;
- (b) provide financial incentives to the film industry so that Utah might compete successfully with other states and countries for filming locations; and
- (c) help develop a strong motion picture industry presence in the state that will contribute substantially to improving the state's economy.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 283, 2015 General Session
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