This bill provides a sales tax exemption for products and services for end-user equipment used for the construction, ownership, operation, maintenance, and enhancement of the backbone of the Allied Radio Metric for Emergency Response (ARMER) public safety radio system, including public safety radio dispatch centers. The ARMER system is a shared network of radio towers, equipment shelters, and radio transmission equipment used by state agencies, local governments, and other emergency responders. This bill would also exempt sales and purchases of public safety systems other than ARMER. Local jurisdictions have received sales tax exemptions as they built their systems to join the backbone network, but a statewide exemption has never been authorized.
Effective retroactively for sales and purchases made after June 30, 2005. Purchasers may apply for a refund of sales tax already paid on eligible purchases through June 30, 2014.
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