Amendment #379 to H3400

Bundled Cellular Telephone Transactions

[Sponsors] Representatives Webster of Pembroke, O'Connell of Taunton and Smola of Palmer move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

"SECTION 1.  Section 6 of chapter 64H of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following new section:

(x) Allowances afforded to a purchaser in a bundled cellular telephone transaction, so-called.  For the purposes of this subsection, allowances exempt from taxation shall be the difference between the amount the dealer charges for a particular telephone in a bundled transaction and the price the dealer would charge for that same telephone in an unbundled transaction."