(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.