Florida House Bill 303 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Finance and Tax Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides Legislative findings & intent; revises communications services tax rate on sales of communications services; deletes provisions that impose communications services tax on retail sale of direct-to-home satellite services & require collection & remittance of gross receipts tax on same transaction; deletes exemption from communications services tax & gross receipts tax for separately stated sales price of communications services sold to residential households; revises allocation & disposition formula applicable to proceeds of communications services tax & certain proceeds of gross receipts tax; requires local government to reduce its ad valorem tax mileage rate to offset certain increases in communications services tax revenues; authorizes local government to elect not to offset such revenues by adoption of resolution in specified manner; repeals provisions relating to authorization to impose local communications services tax; deletes authority for municipalities, charter counties, & noncharter counties to collect permit fees from providers of communications services that use or occupy municipal or county roads or rights-of-way.

Communications Services Tax

Rep. James Grant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Finance and Tax Subcommittee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-01-30	House	Referred to Finance and Tax Subcommittee; Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee
2013-01-18	House	Filed

S1422 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
202	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	12		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	125		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	13		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	151		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	155		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	16		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	18		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	19		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	193		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	195		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	20		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	22		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	23		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	231		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	24		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	26		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	27		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	28		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	37		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	38		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	381		Amended Code	See Bill Text
203	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
203	01		Amended Code	See Bill Text
213	053		Amended Code	See Bill Text
218	67		Amended Code	See Bill Text
288	1045		Amended Code	See Bill Text
288	106		Amended Code	See Bill Text
337	401		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/303
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0303/BillText/Filed/PDF