Introduced
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To replace existing 9-1-1 emergency phone service levies and a 29-cent monthly 9-1-1 cell phone tax with a new tax of up to 25-cents per line, to be collected by all providers of telephone service of whatever type (landline, cable, VOIP, cellular, etc.) This would in addition to existing county 9-1-1 millages and taxes, which they could continue to collect for county or multi-county 9-1-1 systems. The tax would be capped at 10 lines per facility.
Referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then be adopted.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 34 to 3 (details)
Motion to reconsider
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The vote by which the bill was passed.
The motion passed by voice vote
Received
To replace existing 9-1-1 emergency phone service levies and a 29-cent monthly 9-1-1 cell phone tax with a new tax of up to 25-cents per line, to be collected by all providers of telephone service of whatever type (landline, cable, VOIP, cellular, etc.) This would in addition to existing county 9-1-1 millages and taxes, which they could continue to collect for county or multi-county 9-1-1 systems. The tax would be capped at 10 lines per facility.
Passed in the Senate 35 to 3 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that one that would replace the current 29-cent 9-1-1 charge on cell phones with an 81-cent charge every kind of phone, including cell phones, landlines, and VOIP.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not impose a large net tax hike on phone lines, but instead would lower the current monthly 29-cent 9-1-1 tax on "land-line" telephones to 19 cents, but extend this to cell phones. This substitute and the one adopted for Senate Bill 411 allow the tax to increase to 25 cents after 2008.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 95 to 13 (details)
To replace existing 9-1-1 emergency phone service levies and a 29-cent monthly 9-1-1 cell phone tax with a new tax that initially would be 19 cents per line but could later rise to 25 cents, to be collected by all providers of telephone service of whatever type (landline, cable, VOIP, cellular, etc.) This would in addition to existing county 9-1-1 millages and taxes, which they could continue to collect for county or multi-county 9-1-1 systems. The tax would be capped at 10 lines per facility.
Amendment offered
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To clarify language in a provision contained in the bill in a way that does not change the substance of the provision.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 33 to 3 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, with one technical amendment added.
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
Passed in the House 92 to 15 (details)
