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GA HB1012

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/25/2020

Primary Sponsor

William Werkheiser

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019-2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Code Section 48-7-40.26 (the "Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act") to add a new subsection requiring full compliance with all state and federal child labor laws and rules as a condition for receiving entertainment industry tax credits
  • Mandates disallowance and recapture of any tax credit earned, claimed, transferred, or sold by a production company or qualified interactive entertainment production company found to have violated child labor laws
  • Applies to any qualified production activity or state certified production for which child labor violations were or are committed
  • Revises existing compliance provisions to cross-reference the new child labor subsection, making noncompliance with child labor requirements an explicit basis for tax credit disallowance
  • Sponsored by Representatives Werkheiser (157th) and Harrell (106th) during the 2020 legislative session

Legislative Description

Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act; any tax credit earned, claimed, transferred, or sold by a production company or qualified interactive entertainment company that violates state or federal child labor laws or rules; disallow and recapture

Last Action

House Second Readers

2/26/2020

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/25/2020

Full Bill Text

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