SB 1174 (2020) -  Communications Services Tax

General Bill by Hutson
Communications Services Tax: Revising legislative intent regarding local communications services tax rates; revising downward the tax rate on the retail sale of communications services; deleting a provision that specifies where proceeds of a communications services tax must be deposited and disbursed; requiring dealers to collect and remit local communications services taxes under certain conditions; authorizing the Legislature to appropriate moneys to offset specified direct reductions of the local communications services tax by certain counties and municipalities, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect January 1, 2021
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Community Affairs on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Innovation, Industry, and Technology
    • On agenda for: 02/03/20 1:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 10   Nays 0
  • Community Affairs
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 701 Subject: Communications Services Tax Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Innovation, Industry, and Technology 2/3/2020 4:31:29 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Innovation, Industry, and Technology 1/31/2020 1:35:39 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Community Affairs Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Community Affairs Time: 02/03/2020 - 4:40 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Innovation, Industry, and Technology; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 228 Time: 02/03/2020 - 3:55 PM Member: Committee: Innovation, Industry, and Technology Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Innovation, Industry, and Technology, 02/03/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building Time: 01/29/2020 - 3:58 PM Member: Committee: Innovation, Industry, and Technology Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 85 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Community Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 85 Time: 12/18/2019 - 8:04 AM Member: Committee: Innovation, Industry, and Technology Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 12/09/2019 - 10:18 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
202.105 HB 701
202.11 HB 701
202.12 HB 701, CS/HB 7097*
202.13 HB 701
202.18 HB 701
202.19 HB 701
202.197 HB 701
202.20 HB 701
202.21 HB 701
202.24 HB 701
202.37 HB 701
337.401 CS/CS/CS/HB 203, CS/CS/CS/HB 395, CS/CS/SB 410, HB 701, SB 1848, HB 6075, CS/SB 7018, HB 7099

(*) Not the latest version