BY MICHELLE MILLHOLLON
Capitol news bureau
April 10, 2013
Many cellphone users would pay a few cents more a month under legislation that cleared a House committee Wednesday.
House Bill 238 by state Rep. Patrick Williams would add long distance, pager and wireless lines to the list of telecommunications lines taxed to generate money for the deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired.
The Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee agreed, without objection, to advance the legislation. HB238 now goes to the full House for consideration.
A sign language expert translated the testimony and communicated the outcome to hearing-impaired audience members.
Under the legislation, 2 cents would be added to the monthly bill for a wireless line or pager.
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