Is the Patrick administration sending mixed signals again about the state’s film tax credit?

A story in today’s Globe reports that administration officials are declining to say whether the governor supports the film and other transferable tax credits and is awaiting the results of a study by a state commission.

The news report raised eyebrows because earlier efforts by administration officials to scale back the film tax credit soured Hollywood on Massachusetts, leading to a downturn in films being shot here. The uncertainty created by those earlier efforts, which were eventually abandoned, ended only when a delegation led by the governor’s secretary of housing and economic development traveled to Los Angeles and pledged the administration was firmly behind the tax credit.

Alex Zaroulis, a spokeswoman for the governor’s executive office of administration and finance, issued a statement saying the Tax Expenditure Commission is currently reviewing all of the state’s tax credit programs and will be filing a report with recommendations and proposed changes in April. Zaroulis’s boss, Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez, chairs the commission.

One film industry source said it was unlikely the governor would back away from the film tax credit unless the commission identified serious problems with it.