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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenateBill 621, which wouls reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for The plan is capped at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoski wants to raises the capto $15 million. A Senate committee passeed thebill Monday. In the first six monthe of 2009, television and movie productions invested morethan $40 millio in Oregon, according to the governor’s That’s the highest total in 15 years. In recenyt weeks, a Harrison Ford movied called “The Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT seriew “Leverage” have been shooting in Portland.
Producers for "Thes Untitled Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conference at . “Oregojn has become an A-list location for the film and televisiohindustry – and an important critical piece of Oregon’s the governor said in a news release. “Greebn energy is one bright spotin Oregon’s economu and the film industry is generating an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregojn workers and local businesses for every $1 millioj spent by a production.” The governor credited the incentivd program, created in 2003, with spurring the growth of the state's film prograjm from a $2.1 million industry to an $8 millio industry.