HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-21                                        Bill No. HB 4255

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Tamargo offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 25 and 26, of the bill

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17         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 194.035, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         194.035  Special masters; property evaluators.--

20         (1)  The board is authorized to appoint special

21  masters, with regard to questions of both valuation and law,

22  for the purpose of taking testimony and making recommendations

23  to the board, which recommendations the board may act upon

24  without further hearing.  Such special masters may not be

25  elected or appointed officials or employees of the county but

26  shall be selected from a list of those qualified individuals

27  who are willing to serve as special masters.  The clerk of the

28  board shall annually notify such individuals or their

29  professional associations to make known to them that

30  opportunities to serve as special masters exist.  A special

31  master making recommendations on questions of law must shall

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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 1  be either a member of The Florida Bar and knowledgeable in the

 2  area of ad valorem taxation, and a special master making

 3  recommendations on questions of valuation must be or a

 4  designated member of a professionally recognized real estate

 5  appraisers' organization and have not less than 5 years'

 6  experience in property valuation.  A special master need not

 7  be a resident of the county in which he or she serves.  No

 8  special master shall be permitted to represent a person before

 9  the board in any tax year during which he or she has served

10  that board as a special master.  The board shall appoint such

11  masters from the list so compiled prior to convening of the

12  board.  The expense of hearings before special masters and any

13  compensation of special masters shall be borne three-fifths by

14  the board of county commissioners and two-fifths by the school

15  board.

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19  And the title is amended as follows:

20         On page 1, line 5, after the semicolon

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23         amending s. 194.035, F.S.; providing for

24         appointment of special masters to take

25         testimony and make recommendations on questions

26         of valuation and law and providing requirements

27         for such appointments;

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