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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenateBill 621, whic h would reauthorize and increase the financialp incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappefd at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoskij wants to raise the capto $15 million. A Senates committee passed thebill Monday. In the firsg six months of 2009, television and movid productions invested morethan $40 milliohn in Oregon, according to the governor’w office. That’s the highestf total in 15 years.
In recent weeks, a Harrison Ford movis called “The Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT seriezs “Leverage” have been shooting in Producersfor "The Untitled Crowley joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conferencwe at . “Oregon has become an A-listt location for the film and televisiobnindustry – and an importangt critical piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governo said in a news release. “Gree n energy is one bright spotin Oregon’s economy and the film industryg is another, generating an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregon workerzs and local businesses for evergy $1 million spent by a production.
” The governor credited the incentive program, createe in 2003, with spurring the growth of the state's film program from a $2.1 million industry to an $8 million industry.