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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenateBill 621, which would reauthorizd and increase the financial incentives for The plan is capped at $10 millionn per biennium. Kulongoski wants to raise the capto $15 A Senate committee passed the bill Monday. In the first six monthxs of 2009, television and movie productions investecd morethan $40 million in Oregon, according to the governor’ office. That’s the highest total in 15 In recent weeks, a Harrison Ford movie called “Thew Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT series “Leverage” have been shootingf in Portland.
Producers for "The Untitledr Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday'zs press conference at . “Oregon has become an A-listf location for the film and televisiohindustry – and an important critical piece of Oregon’sa economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one bright spot in Oregon’ s economy and the film industryy is another, generating an additional $1.1 million in incom e for Oregon workers and local businesse s for every $1 million spent by a production.” The governoer credited the incentive program, created in with spurring the growth of the state'sw film program from a $2.
1 million industru to an $8 milliob industry.