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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>State Video Tax Fairness Act of 2008 - Prohibits any state from imposing a discriminatory tax on any means of providing multichannel video programming distribution services, including Internet protocol technology (or any successor protocol), direct broadcast satellite delivery, and cable television services. </p> <p>Defines a tax as discriminatory if the net tax imposed on one means of providing multichannel video service is higher than the net tax rate imposed on another. </p> <p>Applies this prohibition only to any tax imposed on or after January 1, 2008. </p>]]></text>
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