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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2181
Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)
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17 Section 1. Section 170.09, Florida Statutes, is
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19 170.09 Priority of lien; interest; and method of
20 payment.--The special assessments shall be payable at the time
21 and in the manner stipulated in the resolution providing for
22 the improvement; shall remain liens, coequal with the lien of
23 all state, county, district, and municipal taxes, superior in
24 dignity to all other liens, titles, and claims, until paid;
25 shall bear interest, at a rate not to exceed 8 percent per
26 year, or, if bonds are issued pursuant to this chapter, at a
27 rate not to exceed 1 percent above the rate of interest at
28 which the improvement bonds authorized pursuant to this
29 chapter and used for the improvement are sold, from the date
30 of the acceptance of the improvement; and may, by the
31 resolution aforesaid and only for capital outlay projects, be
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1 made payable in equal installments over a period not to exceed
2 30 20 years not withstanding any special act to the contrary,
3 to which, if not paid when due, there shall be added a penalty
4 at the rate of 1 percent per month, until paid. However, the
5 assessments may be paid without interest at any time within 30
6 days after the improvement is completed and a resolution
7 accepting the same has been adopted by the governing
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9 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 170.201, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 170.201 Special assessments.--
12 (2) Property owned or occupied by a religious
13 institution and used as a place of worship or education; by a
14 public or private elementary, middle, or high school; or by a
15 governmentally financed, insured, or subsidized housing
16 facility that is used primarily for persons who are elderly or
17 disabled shall be exempt from any special assessment levied by
18 a municipality to fund any service emergency medical services
19 if the municipality so desires. As used in this subsection,
20 the term "religious institution" means any church, synagogue,
21 or other established physical place for worship at which
22 nonprofit religious services and activities are regularly
23 conducted and carried on and the term "governmentally
24 financed, insured, or subsidized housing facility" means a
25 facility that is financed by a mortgage loan made or insured
26 by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
27 Development under s. 8, s. 202, s. 221(d)(3) or (4), s. 232,
28 or s. 236 of the National Housing Act and is owned or operated
29 by an entity that qualifies as an exempt charitable
30 organization under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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7 An act relating to local government; amending
8 s. 170.09, F.S.; providing an increased period
9 for payment of special assessments; amending s.
10 170.201, F.S.; allowing special assessment
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