HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2514 FILED ON: 1/17/2019 HOUSE ...... No. 2566

The Commonwealth of ______

PRESENTED BY:

Paul McMurtry ______

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act promoting Massachusetts film production. ______

PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Paul McMurtry 11th Norfolk 1/17/2019 Brian M. Ashe 2nd Hampden 1/28/2019 Josh S. Cutler 6th Plymouth 1/29/2019 Ann-Margaret Ferrante 5th Essex 1/29/2019 Carlos González 10th Hampden 1/30/2019 Colleen M. Garry 36th Middlesex 1/31/2019 Aaron Vega 5th Hampden 1/31/2019 Jeffrey N. Roy 10th Norfolk 1/31/2019 Susannah M. Whipps 2nd Franklin 1/31/2019 Alice Hanlon Peisch 14th Norfolk 1/31/2019 Tricia Farley-Bouvier 3rd Berkshire 2/1/2019 John J. Lawn, Jr. 10th Middlesex 2/1/2019

1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2514 FILED ON: 1/17/2019 HOUSE ...... No. 2566 By Mr. McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2566) of Paul McMurtry and others relative to motion pictures filmed in the Commonwealth. Revenue.

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 1588 OF 2017-2018.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

______In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court (2019-2020) ______

An Act promoting Massachusetts film production.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 SECTION 1. Subsection (l) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing

2 in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

3 (9) A motion picture shall include a credit and a logo, approved by the commissioner in

4 consultation with the Massachusetts film office, stating that the motion picture was filmed in

5 Massachusetts and displaying a logo designed and approved by the Massachusetts film office.

6 The credit shall include the following title: “Proudly Made in Massachusetts”.

7 SECTION 2. Section 38X of chapter 63 of the General Laws is hereby amended by

8 adding the following subsection:

9 (h) A motion picture shall include a credit and a logo, approved by the commissioner in

10 consultation with the Massachusetts film office, stating that the motion picture was filmed in

1 of 2 11 Massachusetts and displaying a logo designed and approved by the Massachusetts film office.

12 The credit shall include the following title: “Proudly Made in Massachusetts”.

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