Earlier this week, the state's public utilities commission revealed they were planning to vote on adding a surcharge to residents' texts in January.
The proposed tax wouldn't be a per-text fee, but rather a monthly charge based on a person's cell phone bill, and would not apply to services like iMessage.
The money was intended to go towards programs to help bring connectivity to under-served residents.
But before it could go up for a vote, the FCC stepped in.
In a ruling Wednesday night, officials classified texts as "information services."
That could kill the tax because the government can only impose a tax on texts that are classified as "telecommunication services".
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