By: Sparks S.B. No. 1905               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to media production development zone recognition.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 485A.101, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 485A.101. CRITERIA FOR MEDIA PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   ZONE RECOGNITION. To be approved as a media production development   zone, an area:          (1) must be in a metropolitan statistical area, the principal   municiopality of which:                (A) has a population of more than 250,000; and          (1) (B) has must have the adequate workforce,   insfrastructure, facilities, or resources to support the   production and completion of moving image projects;          (2) must be recognized as a media production development zone   by ordinance or order, as appropriate, of a municipality or the   commissioners court of a count; and          (3) will contain a qualified media production location within   its geographical boundaries that meets the criteria under Section   485A.102.          SECTION 2.  Section 485A.103(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 485A.103. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ZONES AND LOCATIONS   THROUGHOUT THE STATE. (a) There may not be more than1020 media   production development zone designations under this chapter at any   one time.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for designation submitted under Section 485A.106,   Government Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An   application submitted before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the application was   submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.