(a) Except as provided by § 485.025, a grant under this subchapter may not exceed the amount established by office rule. The office shall adopt rules prescribing the method the office will use to calculate the amount of a grant under this subsection. The office shall publish a written summary of the method for determining grants before awarding a grant under this section. The method must consider at a minimum:
(1) the current and likely future effect a moving image project will have on employment, tourism, and economic activity in this state; and
(2) the amount of a production company’s in-state spending for a moving image project.
(b) In calculating a grant amount under § 485.025 or the amount of in-state spending for purposes of rules adopted under Subsection (a), the office may not include wages of persons, including an actor or director, employed in the production of a moving image project that exceed $1 million.