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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2181

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Gay offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, between lines 6 and 7, of the bill

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17         Section 1.  Section 170.09, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

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

 8  authority.

 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:

 3         On page 1, line 2,

 4  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said line

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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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12         any service; amending

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