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FL S1754
Bill
AI Summary
- Eliminates requirements that counties, municipalities, and other local government entities pay ad valorem taxes or equivalent fees on telecommunications facilities used to provide two-way public telecommunications services
- Removes waivers of governmental immunity from property taxation for local governments providing telecommunications services, across multiple Florida statutes (ss. 125.421, 166.047, 196.012, 199.183, and 212.08)
- Restores sales tax exemptions and property tax exemptions for local government-owned telecommunications equipment and intangible property that were previously excluded when used for public two-way telecommunications services
- Streamlines procedural requirements in s. 350.81 for governmental entities proposing to offer communications services, including removing the 30-day minimum between public hearings, eliminating detailed business plan requirements, and removing the mandatory 4-year revenue review that could force a government entity to cease or restructure services
- Narrows the exemption criteria for airport authorities providing communications services within their airport layout plans by removing the requirement that subscribers be "integral and essential" to safe transportation, and removing language specifying non-exempt scenarios
Legislative Description
Local Government Communications Services
Last Action
Died in Regulated Industries
3/14/2022
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