Florida Senate - 2011                              CS for SB 382
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; and
       Senator Bogdanoff
       
       
       
       593-02332-11                                           2011382c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to property taxation; amending s.
    3         197.502, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
    4         applications for tax deeds; providing payment
    5         requirements; authorizing the tax collector to charge
    6         a fee to cover the costs to the tax collector for
    7         electronic tax deed programs or services; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 197.502, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         197.502 Application for obtaining tax deed by holder of tax
   15  sale certificate; fees.—
   16         (1) The holder of a any tax certificate, other than the
   17  county, at any time after 2 years have elapsed since April 1 of
   18  the year of issuance of the tax certificate and before the
   19  cancellation expiration of the certificate 7 years from the date
   20  of issuance, may file the certificate and an application for a
   21  tax deed with the tax collector of the county where the property
   22  lands described in the certificate is are located. The
   23  application may be made on the entire parcel of property or any
   24  part thereof which is capable of being readily separated from
   25  the whole. The tax collector may charge shall be allowed a tax
   26  deed application fee of $75, plus reimbursement for any fee
   27  charged to the tax collector by a vendor for providing an
   28  electronic tax deed application program or service.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.