DE HJR6

Re-establishes a Communications Tax Review Group to study Delaware's tax laws applicable to communications providers and encourage broadband network investment.

Review Group must report to the House of Representatives by May 1, 2014, examining Special Betterments Property Tax, Excise Tax, and cable television franchise fees.

Composition includes a House member Chair, House and Senate representatives, state finance and economic development officials, county and local government representatives, school district representative, and representatives from local exchange, cable, satellite, and wireless carriers.

Department of Finance must collect revenue data from municipalities, counties, and communications providers for fiscal year 2011-2012 and provide information to Review Group by September 15, 2013, with aggregated data only disclosed publicly to protect individual company market information.

Review Group shall examine feasibility of a modernized, competitively neutral tax system and recommend methods to centralize property tax assessment and administration for communications industry real property.