Moving Image Industry Incentive Program - Underutilized & Economically Distressed Areas

Projects that complete at least 25% of their total shooting days in an underutilized or economically distressed area of Texas are eligible to have an additional amount added to their incentive payment percentage.

Underutilized Areas
An underutilized area of Texas is a metropolitan area that receives less than 15% of total film and television production in the state during a fiscal year. Underutilized areas include Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, or any other urban, suburban or rural area more than 30 miles from Austin or Dallas City Hall. The 30-mile zones of Dallas and Austin, within the green circle on the maps below, are not considered an underutilized area.

Economically Distressed Areas
An economically distressed area of Texas is defined as an area that has a median household income that does not exceed 75 % of the median state household income. The economically distressed areas within the Dallas and Austin 30-mile zones are marked in red on the maps below.

Click here for an interactive map of the Austin zone.

Click here for an interactive map of the Dallas zone.

NOTE: The interactive Google maps are only for an approximation and apply only to Program appliations made on and after August 28, 2011. Please contact the Texas Film Commission for a final determination or with questions concerning Program applications made on or before August 27, 2011.

If you have any questions, please contact the Texas Film Commission at .