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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenaterBill 621, which would reauthorize and increasse the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is capped at $10 million per Kulongoski wants to raise the capto $15 A Senate committee passed the bill In the first six monthxs of 2009, television and movie productions invested more than $40 millionm in Oregon, according to the governor’s office. That’s the highest totalk in 15 years. In recentt weeks, a Harrison Ford movie called “The Untitlex Crowley Project” and the TNT series “Leverage” have been shootingf in Portland.
Producers for "Thee Untitled Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's press conference at . “Oregon has become an A-lisgt location for the film and televisiojnindustry – and an important critical piece of Oregon’sw economy,” the governor said in a news release. “Greehn energy is one bright spotin Oregon’s economy and the film industry is another, generating an additional $1.1 million in incom e for Oregon workers and local businesses for everyh $1 million spent by a production.” The governor creditee the incentive program, created in 2003, with spurring the growth of the state's film programk from a $2.
1 milliomn industry to an $8 million industry.