FILM TAX-PRODUCTION SPENDING

Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that certain non-resident wages qualify as Illinois labor expenditures. Creates the Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund to be funded with a fee imposed on the transfer of film production services credits. Provides that the Fund shall be used exclusively to provide grants to community-based organizations, labor organizations, private and public universities, community colleges, and other organizations and institutions as deemed appropriate by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer workforce training programs that support efforts to recruit, hire, promote, retain, develop, and train a diverse and inclusive workforce in the film industry. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.