Hot under the collar: The folks who make USA Network’s SoFla-produced Burn Notice.

The cast and crew of the successful spy show starring the up-and-coming heartthrob Jeffrey Donovan and Miami’s own Sharon Gless (Cagney and Lacey) are holding an afternoon fund-raiser today near Miami.

Why? The cash will be used to lobby the state legislature for the restoration of incentive packages for Hollywood filmmakers. Without them, they say, the film industry here is as good as dead.

Jeffrey Donovan on the set of Burn Notice

Tax breaks and other goodies once made South Florida a popular film destination that served as backdrop for hundreds of famous features, from Bad Boys, Miami Vice, Ali and The Transporter on the big screen to Hogan Knows Best on TV.

But over the past year, Tallahassee cut more than 80 percent of the state’s $25 million-a-year tax incentives for filming. Many locals now say the upcoming production throughout the area of Burn Notice’s fourth season, which will take more than 3 months starting in two weeks, could be the last of its kind.

“I’ve been in the unemployment line since October, since the last batch of Burn Notice episodes,” said Boca movie set truck driver Danny Taylor. “Thank God for the new season. Otherwise, I don’t what I’d be doing. I’ve been in this business for 22 years, and this is the worst I’ve seen.

“Now, the production companies are going to Georgia and Michigan and Louisiana, where the states are giving huge tax breaks. I’m worried the whole industry will be gone from here pretty soon.”

Said Mark Katz, a craft services man who’s putting together the fund-raiser: “Florida used to be the No. 3 favored location for major productions. Now, it¹s No. 7 and falling fast.

“As of today as far as work, besides Burn Notice, there’s nothing on the calendar.”

Palm Beach County Film Commish Chuck Elderd, meanwhile, said the film business in the county is down 14 percent. Last year, the economic windfall here reached $109 million.

“You need filming incentives, or you¹re basically standing there waving your flag,” Elderd said.

About 500 people were expected at Virginia Key Beach, on Key Biscayne, for today’s event.