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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenatrBill 621, which would reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappeds at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoski wantsx to raise the capto $15 million. A Senatr committee passed the bill In the first six monthsof 2009, television and movie productiones invested more than $40 million in according to the governor’s office. That’s the highestr total in 15 years. In recent weeks, a Harrison Ford movie calleds “The Untitled Crowley and the TNTseries “Leverage” have been shootingg in Portland.
Producers for "The Untitledr Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conference at . “Oregonj has become an A-list location for the film and televisiojindustry – and an importany critical piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one bright spot in Oregon’s economyh and the film industry is another, generating an additional $1.1 millionh in income for Oregon workers and local businesse s for every $1 million spent by a The governor credited the incentive program, created in with spurring the growth of the state'z film program from a $2.1 million industryt to an $8 million industry.