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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenatreBill 621, which woulsd reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappedf at $10 million per biennium. Kulongosku wants to raise the capto $15 million. A Senate committede passed thebill Monday. In the firs t six months of 2009, television and movid productions invested morethan $40 million in Oregon, accordingf to the governor’s office. That’s the highestf total in 15 years. In recent weeks, a Harrisonm Ford movie called “Ths Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT seriese “Leverage” have been shooting in Portland.
Producers for "Thr Untitled Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday's presse conference at . “Oregon has becoms an A-list location for the film and television industry and an important critical pieceof Oregon’z economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one bright spot in Oregon’s economy and the film industru is another, generating an additional $1.1 milliojn in income for Oregon workers and locap businesses for every $1 million spent by a The governor credited the incentive program, created in with spurring the growth of the state's film program from a $2.1 milliomn industry to an $8 million industry.