Florida House Bill 701 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died in Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises legislative intent regarding local communications services tax rates; reduces tax on retail sale of communications services; removes provision that specifies where proceeds of communication services tax must be deposited & disbursed; revises local communications services tax rates levied by counties & municipalities; requires dealers to collect & remit local communications services taxes; requires Legislature to appropriate moneys to offset direct reductions of local communications services tax by certain counties & municipalities; requires DOR to submit report to Legislature.

Communications Services Tax

Rep. Jason Fischer [R]

Rep. Dane Eagle [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Died in Ways and Means Committee
2020-03-14	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-01-14	House	Introduced
2019-12-03	House	Referred to Ways and Means Committee; Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee
2019-11-19	House	Filed

S1174 (Same As) 2020-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs
H7097 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Chapter No. 2020-10

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
202	105		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	12		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	13		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	18		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	19		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	197		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	20		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	21		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	24		Amended Code	See Bill Text
202	37		Amended Code	See Bill Text
337	401		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/701
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/701/BillText/Filed/PDF