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Senate Study Bill 1152

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 422.45, subsection 27, paragraph a,
  1  2 Code 1999, is amended by adding the following new
  1  3 subparagraph:
  1  4    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (7)  Central office equipment or
  1  5 transmission equipment primarily used in the furnishing of
  1  6 telecommunications services on a commercial basis.  For
  1  7 purposes of this subparagraph, the following definitions
  1  8 apply:
  1  9    (a)  "Central office equipment" includes, but is not
  1 10 limited to, equipment utilized in the initiating, processing,
  1 11 amplifying, switching, or monitoring of telecommunications
  1 12 services.  "Central office equipment" also includes ancillary
  1 13 equipment and apparatus which supports, regulates, controls,
  1 14 repairs, tests, or enables central office equipment to
  1 15 accomplish its function.
  1 16    (b)  "Telecommunications services" means the service of
  1 17 originating, transmitting, terminating, or recording of
  1 18 interactive two-way voice, data, or information messages
  1 19 between points selected by the originator without change in
  1 20 the content.
  1 21    (c)  "Transmission equipment" includes, but is not limited
  1 22 to, equipment used in the transport of telecommunications
  1 23 signals.  "Transmission equipment" also includes cable, fiber,
  1 24 radio transmitters and receivers, satellite equipment,
  1 25 microwave, and ancillary equipment and apparatus which
  1 26 supports, regulates, controls, repairs, tests, or enables
  1 27 transmission equipment to accomplish its function.  
  1 28                           EXPLANATION 
  1 29    This bill adds central office equipment and transmission
  1 30 equipment sold or rented for use in transporting
  1 31 communications services to the list of industrial machinery,
  1 32 computers, and equipment which are exempt from state sales and
  1 33 use taxes.  The bill defines central office equipment as
  1 34 equipment used in initiating, processing, amplifying,
  1 35 switching, or monitoring of telecommunications services.
  2  1 Telecommunications services means the service of the
  2  2 origination, transmission, termination, or recordation of
  2  3 interactive two-way voice, data, or information messages
  2  4 between points.  Transmission equipment is also defined.  
  2  5 LSB 1765SC 78
  2  6 mg/cf/24
     

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