SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 1373

    Amendment No. 5

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11  The Committee on Community Affairs recommended the following

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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18         Section 6.  Subsection (2) of section 170.201, Florida

19  Statutes, is amended to read:

20         170.201  Special assessments.--

21         (2)  Property owned or occupied by a religious

22  institution and used as a place of worship or education; or by

23  a public or private elementary, middle, or high school; or by

24  a governmentally financed, insured, or subsidized housing

25  facility that is used primarily for persons who are elderly or

26  disabled shall be exempt from any special assessment levied by

27  a municipality to fund emergency medical services if the

28  municipality so desires.  As used in this subsection, the term

29  "religious institution" means any church, synagogue, or other

30  established physical place for worship at which nonprofit

31  religious services and activities are regularly conducted and

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 1373

    Amendment No. 5





 1  carried on and the term "governmentally financed, insured, or

 2  subsidized housing facility" means a facility that is financed

 3  by a mortgage loan made or insured by the United States

 4  Department of Housing and Urban Development under s. 8, s.

 5  202, s. 221(d)(3) or (4), s. 232, or s. 236 of the National

 6  Housing Act and is owned or operated by an entity that

 7  qualifies as an exempt charitable organization under s.

 8  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

13         On page 1, line 31, after the (;)

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16         amending s. 170.201, F.S.; allowing

17         municipalities to exempt certain government

18         financed or insured housing facilities from

19         special assessments for emergency medical

20         services;

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