HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1222        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1478

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

F. Jay Barrows

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the bundled cell phone taxation.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

1/18/2017

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

1/20/2017

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

1/26/2017

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/19/2017

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/19/2017

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/30/2017

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

 

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

 

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

 

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

1/24/2017

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

 

James J. Dwyer

30th Middlesex

 

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

 

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

 

James M. Cantwell

4th Plymouth

 

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

 

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

 

Kevin J. Kuros

8th Worcester

 

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

 

Shaunna L. O'Connell

3rd Bristol

 

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

David T. Vieira

3rd Barnstable

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1222        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1478

By Mr. Barrows of Mansfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1478) of F. Jay Barrows and others relative to the sales tax on mobile telecommunications devices purchased with a service contract.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2446 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to the bundled cell phone taxation.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “services.” in line 204 the following new sentence:--

In the case of the sale by a vendor of a mobile telecommunications device with mobile telecommunications services, the tax shall be imposed upon the sales price of the mobile telecommunications device.