Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 800
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/19/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Finance and Tax (Pruitt) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    5         Between lines 60 and 61
    6  insert:
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    8         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 196.012, Florida
    9  Statutes, is amended to read:
   10         196.012 Definitions.—For the purpose of this chapter, the
   11  following terms are defined as follows, except where the context
   12  clearly indicates otherwise:
   13         (1) “Exempt use of property” or “use of property for exempt
   14  purposes” means predominant or exclusive use of property owned
   15  by an exempt entity for educational, literary, scientific,
   16  religious, charitable, or governmental purposes, as defined in
   17  this chapter. The term “use of property for exempt purposes”
   18  includes the use of property as a parsonage.
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   21         And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 8
   23  and insert:
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   25  appraiser approval of such exemptions; amending s. 196.012,
   26  F.S.; providing that the use of property as a parsonage is a use
   27  of property for exempt purposes; amending s.