It was suggested that the tax would be so small — "just" $44.5 million a year — that cellphone users wouldn't even notice it. The California Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) dropped its plan to vote on the measure in next month, but only after the Federal Communications Commission ruled that text messages can't be taxed as a telecom service. Nevertheless, the PUC will soon need money.
Sound like something that could happen here?