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Florida Statute 202.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 202.21 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 202.21 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
202.21 Effective dates; procedures for informing dealers of communications services of tax levies and rate changes.Any adoption, repeal, or change in the rate of a local communications services tax imposed under s. 202.19 is effective with respect to taxable services included on bills that are dated on or after the January 1 subsequent to such adoption, repeal, or change. A municipality or county adopting, repealing, or changing the rate of such tax must notify the department of the adoption, repeal, or change by September 1 immediately preceding such January 1. Notification must be furnished on a form prescribed by the department and must specify the rate of tax; the effective date of the adoption, repeal, or change thereof; and the name, mailing address, and telephone number of a person designated by the municipality or county to respond to inquiries concerning the tax. The department shall provide notice of such adoption, repeal, or change to all affected dealers of communications services at least 90 days before the effective date of the tax. Any local government that adjusts the rate of its local communications services tax by emergency ordinance or resolution pursuant to s. 202.20(2) shall notify the department of the new tax rate immediately upon its adoption. The department shall provide written notice of the adoption of the new rate to all affected dealers within 30 days after receiving such notice. In any notice to providers or publication of local tax rates for purposes of this chapter, the department shall express the rate for a municipality or charter county as the sum of the tax rates levied within such jurisdiction pursuant to s. 202.19(2)(a) and (5), and shall express the rate for any other county as the sum of the tax rates levied pursuant to s. 202.19(2)(b) and (5). The department is not liable for any loss of or decrease in revenue by reason of any error, omission, or untimely action that results in the nonpayment of a tax imposed under s. 202.19.
History.ss. 13, 58, ch. 2000-260; ss. 14, 38, ch. 2001-140.

Cases Citing F.S. 202.21

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·Cable News Network, Inc. v. Video Monitoring Servs. of Am., Inc., 940 F.2d 1471 (11th Cir. 1991).

Cited 13 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 19 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1289, 20 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1081, 69 Rad. Reg. 2d (P & F) 1125, 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 20570, 1991 WL 158004

...“The deposit of a copy or copies for any published or unpublished motion picture must be accompanied by a separate description of its contents, such as a continuity, pressbook, or synopsis.” Alternatively, CNN could have satisfied the deposit requirement by complying with 37 C.F.R. § 202.21 (g)....
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Cited as authorityCAMMARATA (2023)
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Cited as authority(citing case) (1999)
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·Forgione v. HCA Inc., 954 F. Supp. 2d 1349 (N.D. Fla. 2013).

Published | District Court, N.D. Florida | 2013 WL 3784160, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102765

...monstrates that these definitions of “employee” are all more limited in their scope and all require some indicia of control on the agency’s behalf over the employee, or are limited to contractors acting in the stead of employees. See 10 C.F.R. § 202.21 (b) (for the Department of Energy, “the term ‘Employee of the DOE’ includes all officers and employees of the United States appointed by, or subject to the supervision, jurisdiction, or control of, the Administrator of DOE.”); see also 28 C.F.R....
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Cited as authorityToppins (2020)
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