Bill > S1261

Introduced Session

Wireless Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act of 2015 Prohibits a state or a local jurisdiction from requiring a person to collect from, or remit on behalf of, any other person a state or local tax, fee, or surcharge imposed on the purchase or use of any wireless telecommunications service within the state unless the collection or remittance is in connection with a financial transaction between: (1) the person that the state or local jurisdiction requires to collect or remit the tax, fee, or surcharge; and (2) the purchaser or user of the wireless telecommunications service. Allows any person who is aggrieved by a violation of such prohibition to bring a civil action in U.S. district court for equitable relief.

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Joe Manchin (I)*,  Deb Fischer (R),  Jerry Moran (R), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (on 05/07/2015)

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