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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XIV
TAXATION AND FINANCE
Chapter 203
GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES
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F.S. 203.012
203.012 Definitions.As used in this chapter:
(1) “Distribution company” means any person owning or operating local electric or natural or manufactured gas utility distribution facilities within this state for the transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity or natural or manufactured gas. The term does not include natural gas transmission companies that are subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
(2) “Person” means any person as defined in s. 212.02.
(3) “Utility service” means electricity for light, heat, or power; and natural or manufactured gas for light, heat, or power, including transportation, delivery, transmission, and distribution of the electricity or natural or manufactured gas. This subsection does not broaden the definition of utility service to include separately stated charges for tangible personal property or services which are not charges for the electricity or natural or manufactured gas or the transportation, delivery, transmission, or distribution of electricity or natural or manufactured gas.
History.ss. 2, 6, ch. 84-342; s. 30, ch. 85-116; s. 3, ch. 85-174; s. 3, ch. 86-155; s. 44, ch. 87-224; s. 17, ch. 90-132; s. 13, ch. 91-112; s. 1, ch. 97-283; ss. 42, 58, ch. 2000-260; s. 38, ch. 2001-140; s. 2, ch. 2005-148.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 203.012
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 203.012.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

ORANGE COUNTY, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., 812 So. 2d 475 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . The public service tax applies to basic telecommunication services as defined by section 203.012, Florida . . . Section 203.012(5)(a) defines telecommunications services, in relevant part, as local telephone service . . . See § 203.012(5)(b), Fla. Stat. (1999). . . . part: (9) A municipality may levy a tax on the purchase of telecommunication services as defined in s. 203.012 . . .

GTE MOBILNET OF TAMPA, INC. a v. CITY OF TAMPA, a, 774 So. 2d 725 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . These distinctions arise from section 203.012(5), Florida Statutes (1993), which defines telecommunications . . . See §§ 166.231(9)(a)(2), 203.012(5)(a), (b), Fla. Stat. (1993). . . . Section 203.012(7), Florida Statutes (1993), defines “toll telephone service” as “a telephonic-quality . . . issue seemingly could fall within either or both definitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) of 203.012 . . . See § 203.012(5)(a), (b). . . .

TRACI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE,, 737 So. 2d 1255 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . are not specifically included within the definition of telecommunication services found in section 203.012 . . . See § 203.012(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . .” § 203.012(3)(a) & (b), Fla. Stat. (1997) (emphasis added). . . . See § 203.012(5)(a), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . .

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF STATE a v. GTE MOBILNET OF TAMPA INCORPORATED, a, 727 So. 2d 1125 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . “Utility service” is defined in section 203.012(9), Florida Statutes (1991), to mean “electricity for . . . The definition of “telecommunication service” is contained in section 203.012(5), Florida Statutes (1991 . . . Appellant argues that in determining legislative intent, section 203.012(5) should be read in pari materia . . . with section 203.012(2)(a), in which the legislature broadly defined what constitutes gross receipts . . . We cannot conclude that section 203.012(2)(a) conflicts with the subsequent section 203.012(5), which . . .

STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, v. E. BROCK,, 576 So. 2d 848 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991)

. . . .” § 203.012(2)(b)3., Fla.Stat. (1989) (emphasis added). . . . The pertinent portion of the rule recites the exemption language in section 203.012(2)(b)3., but goes . . . was “incidental” according to the plain meaning of that term, the charges were exempt under section 203.012 . . . Far from repealing section 203.012(2)(b)3., the Department’s rule recites the statute and interprets . . .

DADE COUNTY, a v. AT T INFORMATION SYSTEMS, a, 485 So. 2d 1302 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . a municipality to levy a tax on the purchase of “telecommunication services” as defined in section 203.012 . . . Section 203.012 is the definitional section of chapter 203, Florida Statutes (1985), which imposes a . . . The definition of “gross receipts from telecommunication services” in section 203.012 expressly excludes . . . interrelationship of chapter 203 and section 166.231 is evident from the legislature’s reference to section 203.012 . . .