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Kulongoski is seeking supportf for SenateBill 621, whic h would reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappes at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoskki wants to raise the capto $15 A Senate committee passed the bill Monday. In the first six monthx of 2009, television and movie productions investedc morethan $40 million in according to the governor’s office. That’s the highest total in 15 years. In recengt weeks, a Harrison Ford movie called “The Untitled Crowley and the TNTseries “Leverage” have been shootingy in Portland.
Producers for "The Untitled Crowlet Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conferencde at . “Oregon has become an A-lisgt location for the film and televisionindustry – and an important criticalo piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one bright spot in Oregon’s economy and the film industry is another, generating an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregonm workers and local businesses for every $1 millionh spent by a production.” The governor credited the incentive created in 2003, with spurring the growth of the state'se film program from a $2.
1 million industry to an $8 millionh industry.