| 1 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 2 | An act relating to sales of communications services; | 
| 3 | amending s. 202.125, F.S.; exempting from the | 
| 4 | communications services sales tax mobile communications | 
| 5 | services with a residential service address; providing an | 
| 6 | effective date. | 
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
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| 10 | Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 202.125, Florida | 
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 12 | 202.125  Sales of communications services; specified | 
| 13 | exemptions.-- | 
| 14 | (1)  The separately stated sales price of communications | 
| 15 | services sold to residential households and mobile | 
| 16 | communications services with a residential service address is | 
| 17 | exempt from the tax imposed by s. 202.12. This exemption shall | 
| 18 | not apply to any residence that constitutes all or part of a | 
| 19 | public lodging establishment as defined in chapter 509, any | 
| 20 | mobile communications service,any cable service, or any direct- | 
| 21 | to-home satellite service. | 
| 22 | Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |