San Antonio City Council on Thursday approved major updates to its existing film incentives program, months after Texas passed a new law aimed at growing the state’s role in securing productions.

The updated program offers a 45% rebate package that can be combined with statewide incentives, providing a maximum of $250,000 for prospective projects filming in the San Antonio metropolitan area.

The updated program establishes San Antonio as “the most financially competitive destination in Texas for film projects, according to a Thursday news release.

The base rebate increases from 7.5% to 10% and contains two potential uplifts of 2% each for meeting local and veteran hire thresholds.

The uplifts specify that a production must have 35%-50% of the crew/cast comprised of local hires, or 5% o

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