Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Corrections: (1) to the greatest extent practicable, approximate the normal conditions of training and employment in the community; and (2) with certain exceptions, require each offender to spend 40 hours each week in vocational training or employment. (NRS 209.461) Section 2 of this bill requires the Director to establish and carry out a program to train and employ offenders in trades related to certain qualified productions relating to stage, film and television. Existing law establishes a program for the issuance of transferable tax credits by the Office of Economic Development to the producer of a qualified production. (NRS 360.758-360.7598) Existing law sets forth various requirements for a production company to be eligible for such transferable tax credits. (NRS 360.759) Section 1 of this bill requires that a production company also enter into a written agreement with the Office that requires the production company to: (1) establish and carry out a program, in cooperation with any union that represents a trade related to such qualified productions, to train Nevada residents in trades related to qualified productions; or (2) employ offenders who participate in the program created by the Director of the Department of Corrections pursuant to section 2.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 360.759
BDR: 360.759