Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SJR 1194
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/09/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Finance and Tax (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with ballot and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 111 - 133
    4  and insert:
    5  sustained in the line of duty. Causal connection between a
    6  disability and service in the line of duty shall not be
    7  presumed, but must be determined as provided by general law. For
    8  purposes of this paragraph, the term “disability” does not
    9  include a chronic condition or chronic disease, unless the
   10  injury sustained in the line of duty was the sole cause of the
   11  chronic condition or chronic disease.
   12  
   13  As used in this subsection and as further defined by general
   14  law, the term:
   15         a. “first responder” means a law enforcement officer, a
   16  correctional officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical
   17  technician, or a paramedic, and the term.
   18         b. “in the line of duty” means arising out of and in the
   19  actual performance of duty required by employment as a first
   20  responder.
   21                             ARTICLE XII                           
   22                              SCHEDULE                             
   23         Tax exemption for senior, totally permanently disabled
   24  first responders.—The amendment to Section 6 of Article VII
   25  relating to relief from ad valorem taxes assessed on homestead
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   28  And the ballot statement is amended as follows:
   29         Delete line 146
   30  and insert:
   31  sustained in the line of duty, to receive relief from ad
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   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete lines 7 - 8
   36  and insert:
   37         sustained in the line of duty, to receive relief from
   38         ad valorem taxes assessed on homestead property, if