Florida Senate - 2014 CS for CS for SB 898 By the Committees on Commerce and Tourism; and Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; and Senators Abruzzo and Soto 577-03119A-14 2014898c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the communications services tax; 3 amending s. 202.11, F.S.; revising the definition of 4 the term “information services” to include certain 5 data processing and other services; providing 6 applicability; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 202.11, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 202.11 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 13 (5) “Information service” means the offering of a 14 capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, 15 processing, retrieving, using, or making available information 16 via communications services, including, but not limited to, 17 electronic publishing, web-hosting service, and end-user 900 18 number service. The term includes data processing and other 19 services that allow data to be generated, acquired, stored, 20 processed, or retrieved and delivered by an electronic 21 transmission to a purchaser where such purchaser’s primary 22 purpose for the underlying transaction is the processed data or 23 information. The term does not include video service. 24 Section 2. This act is a clarification of existing law, and 25 no tax may be assessed or collected with respect to any charge 26 or portion thereof described in s. 202.11(5), Florida Statutes, 27 as amended by this act, for periods before or after the 28 effective date of this act. 29 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.