Introduced
by
To exempt “broadband equipment” owned by certain internet developers claiming to serve "underserved areas" from personal property taxes levied on business tools and equipment. The bill is connected to Senate Bill 46, and the Senate Fiscal Agency is unable to quantify the amount of foregone revenue the tax subsidies they promise would cost the state, in part because the bills would permit developers to claim them in areas where broadband internet may already be available.
Referred to the Committee on Communications and Technology
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To require that "all records relating to" the special treatment the bill would authorize be subject to disclosure "to the full extent provided for under the freedom of information act. Also, to exclude the broadband companies that take these tax subsidies from a 6% property tax credit also given to other broadband companies.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 59 to 50 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 20 to 15 (details)
To exempt “broadband equipment” owned by certain internet developers claiming to serve "underserved areas" from personal property taxes levied on business tools and equipment. The bill is connected to Senate Bill 46, and the Senate Fiscal Agency is unable to quantify the amount of foregone revenue the tax subsidies they promise would cost the state, in part because the bills would permit developers to claim them in areas where broadband internet may already be available.
