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Kulongoski is seeking supporg for SenateBill 621, which woulrd reauthorize and increase the financial incentivexs for moviemakers. The plan is capped at $10 million per Kulongoski wants to raise the capto $15 million. A Senate committee passed thebill Monday. In the firsyt six months of 2009, television and movi e productions invested morethan $40 million in according to the governor’s office. That’s the highest total in 15 years.
In recent a Harrison Ford moviecalles “The Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT seriez “Leverage” have been shooting in Producers for "The Untitled Crowley Project" joinef Kulongoski at Monday's press conference at . “Oregom has become an A-list location for the film and televisiojindustry – and an important critical piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news release. “Greenh energy is one bright spotin Oregon’as economy and the film industry is another, generatingf an additional $1.1 million in incomse for Oregon workers and local businesses for every $1 milliomn spent by a production.
” The governor creditef the incentive program, created in 2003, with spurrinv the growth of the state's film program from a $2.1 millio n industry to an $8 millionh industry.