State film tax incentives clear initial legislative step

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State film tax incentives clear initial legislative step

LANSING — Bills that would restore state incentives for the production of movies and other content in Michigan were advanced Tuesday by a legislative committee. The 10-0 vote, with two abstentions, was a positive step for the industry and its advocates nearly nine years after former Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers ended a film incentives program. But it remains to be seen whether House Bills 4907-4908 will be enacted into law. The state launched …