43.365.010 - Definitions.

Definitions.

The following definitions apply to this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     (1) "Approved motion picture competitiveness program" means a nonprofit organization under the internal revenue code, section 501(c)(6), with the sole purpose of revitalizing the state's economic, cultural, and educational standing in the national and international market of motion picture production by recommending and awarding financial assistance for costs associated with motion pictures in the state of Washington.

     (2) "Contribution" means cash contributions.

     (3) "Costs" means actual expenses of production and postproduction expended in Washington state for the production of motion pictures, including but not limited to payments made for salaries, wages, and health insurance and retirement benefits, the rental costs of machinery and equipment and the purchase of services, food, property, lodging, and permits for work conducted in Washington state.

     (4) "Department" means the department of commerce.

     (5) "Funding assistance" means cash expenditures from an approved motion picture competitiveness program.

     (6) "Motion picture" means a recorded audio-visual production intended for distribution to theaters, DVD, video, or the internet, or television, or one or more episodes of a single television series, television pilots or presentations, or a commercial. "Motion picture" does not mean production of a television commercial of an amount less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars in actual total investment or one or more segments of a newscast or sporting event.

     (7) "Person" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 82.04.030.

[2009 c 565 § 46; 2006 c 247 § 2.]

Notes: Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).