Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The Department will accept and evaluate applications from
eligible applicants in accordance with the following provisions:
a) An applicant proposing a film, television
or commercial production planned to be located in the State shall submit its
application at least 24 hours prior to the start of principal filming or
taping.
b) Written applications
will be required and must be submitted on the standard application form
provided by the Department. Applications shall be submitted to the Department's
office stated on the application. The applicant must provide the following
information:
1) Legal name, address, and
telephone number of applicant.
2)
Name, title, and telephone number of primary contact person.
3) Type of business entity:
A) Individual or Sole
Proprietorship
B)
Partnership
C)
Corporation
D) Subchapter S
Corporation
E) Limited Liability
Company
F) Other (applicant will
provide description).
4)
Date of incorporation or formation.
5) Federal Employer Identification Number
(FEIN) or Tax Identification Number (TIN).
6) Production title.
7) Type of production - a description stating
that the production is one of the following:
A) Feature film
B) Television program
C) Commercial
D) Other (applicant will provide
description).
8) Length
of production.
9) Date principal
filming or taping begins in Illinois.
10) Estimated number of shoot days in
Illinois.
11) Estimated total
budget of production.
12) Estimated
total Illinois labor expenditure.
13) Estimated total budget of
post-production.
14) Estimated
number of Illinois residents to be hired to work on the production.
15) A diversity plan.
16) Documentation evidencing applicant's
intention to participate in training, education and recruitment programs, if
available, offered by Illinois colleges, universities, labor organizations and
the motion picture industry that are designed to promote training and hiring of
Illinois residents who represent the diversity of the Illinois
population.
17) A written statement
evidencing that the receipt of the credit is essential to the decision to
operate the accredited production in Illinois.
18) A story line or log line.
19) Certification that the applicant will
provide detailed vendor cost documentation for post-production services,
including, but not limited to, a listing of all Illinois resident
post-production staff and crew who worked on the production and their
respective wages and fringe benefits, and payments made to sub-vendors
domiciled in Illinois, if post-production spending represents more than 50% of
qualifying Illinois spending. Only Illinois resident wages and fringe benefits
(up to $100,000 per resident) and payments made to Illinois domiciled
sub-vendors are qualified.
20)
Certification that the applicant is and will remain in good standing with
applicable State authorities, is not currently operating under or subject to
any cease and desist order or subject to any informal or formal regulatory
action, and, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, is not currently the
subject of any investigation by any State or federal regulatory, law
enforcement or legal authority. Should the applicant become the subject of an
investigation by any State or federal regulatory, law enforcement or legal
authority, the applicant shall promptly notify the Department of that
investigation. The applicant acknowledges that, should it become delinquent in
its good standing status with any applicable State authority or if it later
becomes subject to a cease and desist order or memorandum of understanding, or
is found in violation pursuant to any regulatory action or any court action or
proceeding before any administrative agency, the Department is authorized to
deny the applicant's request for a tax credit certificate.
c) The applicant is responsible for the
accuracy of all data, information, and documentation included in the
application. Once submitted, applications shall become the property of the
Department.
d) Upon written
request, the applicants shall issue any necessary authorization to the
appropriate federal, State or local authority for the release of information
concerning a production being considered under this Part, including but not
limited to financial reports, and records relating to the applicant or the
accredited production for which the credit is requested.
e) In the case of a television series or any
other production intended to be shown in two or more episodes, the applicant
may elect to treat each episode as a separate production or to treat two or
more episodes as a single production for all purposes of the Act. A single
application may be filed for two or more productions, provided that the
application clearly describes each separate production. For example, the
application may state that each episode shall be treated as a separate
production or that all episodes filmed or intended to be shown during a
specific period of time will be treated as a single production.
