Senate Bill 0716

    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 716

    By Senator Forman





    32-279-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to exemptions from ad valorem

  3         taxation; amending s. 196.012, F.S.; amending

  4         the definition of the term "educational

  5         institution," as used in ch. 196, F.S.;

  6         providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 196.012, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         196.012  Definitions.--For the purpose of this chapter,

13  the following terms are defined as follows, except where the

14  context clearly indicates otherwise:

15         (5)  "Educational institution" means a federal, state,

16  parochial, church, or private school, college, or university

17  conducting regular classes and courses of study required for

18  eligibility to certification by, accreditation to, or

19  membership in the State Department of Education of Florida,

20  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or the Florida

21  Council of Independent Schools; a nonprofit private school the

22  principal activity of which is conducting regular classes and

23  courses of study accepted for continuing postgraduate dental

24  education credit by a board of the Division of Medical Quality

25  Assurance; educational direct-support organizations created

26  pursuant to ss. 229.8021, 240.299, and 240.331; and facilities

27  located on the property of the foregoing eligible entities

28  which will become owned by those entities on a date certain;

29  and child care centers that are eligible for accreditation by

30  national or state accrediting authorities.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                   SB 716
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  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                          SENATE SUMMARY

  6    Includes certain child care centers in the definition of
      the term "educational institution," as used in ch. 196,
  7    F.S., relating to exemptions from ad valorem taxation.

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