To exempt “broadband equipment” owned by certain internet developers claiming to serve "underserved areas" from personal property taxes levied on business tools and equipment. The bill is connected to Senate Bill 46, and the Senate Fiscal Agency is unable to quantify the amount of foregone revenue the tax subsidies they promise would cost the state, in part because the bills would permit developers to claim them in areas where broadband internet may already be available.   Official Text and Analysis.

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

To require that "all records relating to" the special treatment the bill would authorize be subject to disclosure "to the full extent provided for under the freedom of information act. Also, to exclude the broadband companies that take these tax subsidies from a 6% property tax credit also given to other broadband companies.

With the recommendation that the bill pass.