the budget includes capping film tax subsides for productions in new mexico. the film tax credit bill passed the house overnight-- and is also on the governor's des crystal kobza has more on what the final bill includes and reaction from one local actress. lora cunningham has been part of the push to keep new mexico's-- film production scene-- alive. most recently speaking in this psa. "right now in santa fe, they are about to vote on legislation that will close hundreds on new mexico businesses and put thousands of us out of work." cunningham, an actress and the owner of albuquerque actor's studio says, the final bill that passed wasn't what she was hoping for-- but it's a compromise with governor martinez. "i feel tricked to be honest, betrayed because she clearly said we will study it first, you know we will see it's validity before we touch it, and that didn't happen." overnight... the house passed the film tax credit bill. it caps subsides for productions in new mexico at 50- million dollars-- with a 25- percent rebate. cunningham says ... the impact of this will be felt. just last year... 65 million dollars was paid out to production companies for doing business in the state. at the time-- there was no cap on subsides paid out. today... the governor's office released a statement saying... had the film subsides not been trimmed by roughly 23- million, cuts to public education would have nearly doubled. "she wants us to create jobs in new mexico, this industry does that, she feels strongly about education, so does this industry-- we are perrell on so many issues." cunningham says ... more than 12- thousand students across the state are learning more about t-v and film production-- "finally nm is at the top of the list somewhere, we're not at the bottom and we would like to stay there, we're proud of that." crystal kobza. kob eyewitness news 4. the motion picture association of new mexico announced today it supports lawmakers' decision to protect the state's 25 percent rebates on qualified expenses. the bill still needs the governor's signature.//
