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2018 SESSION
SB 297 Communications companies; incentives, provision of wireless broadband services.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Incentives for communications companies; provision of wireless broadband services. Directs the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to award at least $10 million per year in grants to cover a portion of expenditures for the purchase and installation of wireless and broadband equipment to rural areas in the Southwest and Southside regions of the Commonwealth. The bill also establishes a sales tax exemption, which would be phased in over four years, for property sold or leased to a telecommunications company and used directly in the rendition of its public service.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101654D
- 01/08/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/22/18 Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/30/18 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N)