Tex. Health & Safety Code § 771.0735 · Subchapter D. FINANCING STATE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
SOURCING OF CHARGES FOR MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The federal Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act (4 U.S.C. Sections 116-126) governs the sourcing of charges for mobile telecommunications services. In accordance with that Act:
(1) mobile telecommunications services provided in a taxing jurisdiction to a customer, the charges for which are billed by or for the customer's home service provider, shall be deemed to be provided by the customer's home service provider;
(2) all charges for mobile telecommunications services that are deemed to be provided by the customer's home service provider in accordance with the Act are authorized to be subjected to tax, charge, or fee by the taxing jurisdictions whose territorial limits encompass the customer's place of primary use, regardless of where the mobile telecommunications services originate, terminate, or pass through, and no other taxing jurisdiction may impose taxes, charges, or fees on charges for such mobile telecommunications services; and
(3) the fee and the surcharge imposed on wireless telecommunications bills shall be administered in accordance with Section 151.061, Tax Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 370, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 1, 2002.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 73.07, eff. September 28, 2011.
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