Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 490
                        Barcode 851718
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11  Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, line 22,
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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
18  194.034, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         194.034  Hearing procedures; rules.--
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21         (d)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection,
22  no petitioner may present for consideration, nor may a board
23  or special magistrate accept for consideration, testimony or
24  other evidentiary materials that were requested of the
25  petitioner in writing by the property appraiser of which the
26  petitioner had knowledge and denied to the property appraiser.
27  However, a board or special magistrate may accept for
28  consideration testimony or other evidentiary materials not
29  previously submitted, provided the board or special magistrate
30  deems that the property appraiser's original written request
31  was excessive.
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 490 Barcode 851718 1 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 194.181, Florida 2 Statutes, is amended to read: 3 194.181 Parties to a tax suit.-- 4 (1) The plaintiff in any tax suit shall be: 5 (a) The taxpayer; or 6 (b) Another other person contesting the assessment of 7 any tax, the payment of which he or she is responsible for 8 under a statute; or 9 (c) A person who is responsible for the entire tax 10 payment pursuant to a contract and is authorized by a contract 11 or has the written consent of the property owner to challenge 12 the assessment;, or 13 (d) The condominium association, cooperative 14 association, or homeowners' association as defined in s. 15 723.075 which operates the units subject to the assessment; or 16 (e)(b) The property appraiser pursuant to s. 194.036. 17 18 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 On page 1, line 2, after the semicolon, 24 25 insert: 26 amending s. 194.034, F.S.; authorizing a value 27 adjustment board or special magistrate to 28 accept certain testimony or materials at a 29 property appraiser's assessment hearing for 30 consideration under certain circumstances; 31 amending s. 194.181, F.S.; revising criteria 2 12:15 PM 05/01/06 s0490c-36-c2r
Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 490 Barcode 851718 1 for the list of plaintiffs to any tax suit; 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 12:15 PM 05/01/06 s0490c-36-c2r