HB 1939: DBEDT; MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT; LOCAL WORKFORCE INCENTIVE; QUALIFIED PRODUCTION INCENTIVES; THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION; PER PRODUCTION CAP; WAIVER; HAWAII FILM OFFICE; REPORTS

Amends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit (film tax credit) by providing additional credits to qualified productions that have a workforce of at least eighty per cent local hires in the first taxable year or second consecutive taxable year and meet other specific requirements, then increasing the local workforce threshold to eighty-two per cent in the third or fourth consecutive taxable year and eighty-five per cent in the fifth consecutive taxable year, that the additional credit is claimed; requiring independent third-party certification of qualified production costs for all film productions claiming the film tax credit; authorizing DBEDT to waive the credit cap per qualified production for one qualified production each fiscal year; and requiring the Hawaii Film Office to submit an annual report to the Legislature.  Sunsets 1/1/2033.  Effective 7/1/3050.  (SD1)