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CA SB1086

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/15/2012

Primary Sponsor

Martin Garrick

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Session

AI Summary

  • Limits gross receipts from sales of wireless telecommunication devices sold with service contracts to the bundled sales price, rather than the unbundled device price.

  • Defines "bundled transaction" as a retail sale of a wireless device that requires the customer to activate or contract with a wireless service provider for over one month as a condition of purchase.

  • Applies to portable communication devices such as wireless telephones and pagers using analog or digital technology that require activation by a wireless service provider.

  • Prohibits state reimbursement to local agencies for sales and use tax revenue losses resulting from this change, notwithstanding existing reimbursement requirements under Section 2230 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

  • Takes immediate effect as a tax levy, with operative date on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 90 days after enactment.

Legislative Description

Sales and use taxes: wireless communication devices:

Last Action

Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 6. Page 3457.) Reconsideration granted.

5/9/2012

Committee Referrals

Governance and Finance3/1/2012
Rules2/15/2012

Full Bill Text

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