Part Definitions

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. State Government
4. Creation, Organization and Powers of Administrative Departments and Divisions
5. Tennessee Visual Content Modernization Act of 2018
6. Part Definitions

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 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.

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