HB 1217 CS (2004) -  Taxation and Regulation of Governmentally Provided Communications Services

General Bill by Attkisson
Taxation and Regulation of Governmentally Provided Communications Services: Creates a moratorium restricting local governments from pledging revenues for the issuance of bonds to finance governmentally provided communications services; creates a legislative study commission to review regulatory and tax issues related to governmentally provided communications services; specifies that local governments providing specified services are subject to certain state and federal laws and regulations; prohibits local governments from requiring residents to use governmentally provided communications services; requires the nondiscriminatory application of certain policies and provisions of law related to communications services; subjects local governments providing communications services to specified prohibitions applicable to private providers.
Effective Date: upon becoming law
Last Event: Died in Committee on State Administration on Friday, April 30, 2004 11:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 2302 Subject: Communications Services Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 2780 Subject: Local Govt./Utility Services Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Business Regulation 4/23/2004 1:03:43 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Subcommittee on Energy 4/23/2004 1:01:16 PM
Chamber: House Committee: Subcommittee on Energy 4/23/2004 12:59:23 PM

Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Committee on State Administration Time: 04/30/2004 - 11:40 PM Member: Committee: State Administration Version:
Event: H Now in State Administration Time: 04/15/2004 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: State Administration Version:
Event: H Remaining referral: Appropriations Time: 04/15/2004 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Remaining referral: Finance & Tax Time: 04/15/2004 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Version:
Event: H Remaining referral: State Administration Time: 04/15/2004 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: State Administration Version:
Event: H Recommendation: CS by Business Regulation ; Pending Review of CS under Rule 6.3 Time: 04/08/2004 - 3:15 PM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Version:
Event: H Bill released from committee Time: 04/08/2004 - 3:15 PM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Version:
Event: H Bill passed referred committee Time: 04/08/2004 - 3:15 PM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Version:
Event: H Bill added to Business Regulation agenda Time: 03/25/2004 - 4:08 PM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Version:
Event: H Bill now in Business Regulation Time: 03/15/2004 - 11:55 AM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Version:
Event: H Bill released from committee Time: 03/15/2004 - 11:55 AM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Energy Version:
Event: H Bill Passed referred committee with amendment(s) Time: 03/15/2004 - 11:55 AM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Energy Version:
Event: H Bill added to Subcommittee on Energy agenda Time: 03/11/2004 - 4:05 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Energy Version:
Event: H Workshop bill added to committee agenda Time: 03/05/2004 - 12:01 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Energy Version:
Event: H Now in Subcommittee on Energy Time: 03/04/2004 - 10:40 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Energy Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 03/04/2004 - 10:40 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 03/04/2004 - 10:40 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 03/04/2004 - 10:40 PM Member: Committee: State Administration Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 03/04/2004 - 10:40 PM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 03/04/2004 - 10:40 PM Member: Committee: Subcommittee on Energy Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/03/2004 - 1:24 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Filed timely Time: 02/20/2004 - 3:34 PM Member: Attkisson Committee: Version: