ARM 8.119.203. APPLICATION

(1) The department shall provide a precertification application to a production company seeking state certification of a production. (2) The application must include, but is not limited to: (a) the production company's name, primary home address, business address, telephone and fax numbers, incorporation information, and federal tax identification number; (b) the address and telephone and fax numbers of the production company's Montana office; (c) the name of the line producer, unit production manager, or production accountant, or the names of all three; (d) a statement that the production company meets the definition of a production company under 15-31-903, MCA; (e) the title of the production; (f) the type of production; (g) the proposed dates of production from preproduction to the start and completion of principal photography; (h) a copy or synopsis of the production script; (i) a list of the production locations; (j) a statement that the proposed production does not contain any material or performance that would be considered obscene under 45-8-201(2), MCA or will not receive any money for tobacco product placement, advertisement, or other tobacco use in the production; and (k) if the production is a feature-length film, a statement that the production will include a line in the production's film credits that the production was filmed in Montana. (3) The application must be completed and signed by a manager, agent, president, vice president, or other person authorized to represent the production company. (4) The application must be submitted to the department before the start of principal photography.