House Bill 2225

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 2225

        By Representatives Russell and Kelly






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem tax

  3         administration; repealing s. 196.011(1)(b) and

  4         (11), F.S., which require the inclusion of the

  5         applicant's and the applicant's spouse's social

  6         security numbers on applications for specified

  7         ad valorem tax exemptions, and on short form

  8         and renewal applications for such exemptions

  9         beginning with tax year 2000; amending s.

10         193.114, F.S.; specifying that the public

11         records exemption for such social security

12         numbers will continue to apply to such numbers

13         previously submitted; amending s. 193.1142,

14         F.S.; removing the requirement that assessment

15         rolls include such numbers; providing an

16         effective date.

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

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20         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and

21  subsection (11) of section 196.011, Florida Statutes, 1998

22  Supplement, are hereby repealed.

23         Section 2.  Subsection (6) of section 193.114, Florida

24  Statutes, is amended to read:

25         193.114  Preparation of assessment rolls.--

26         (6)  For proprietary purposes, including the furnishing

27  or sale of copies of the tax roll under s. 119.07(1), the

28  property appraiser is the custodian of the tax roll and the

29  copies of it which are maintained by any state agency. The

30  department or any state or local agency may use copies of the

31  tax roll received by it for official purposes and shall permit

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  1  inspection and examination thereof under s. 119.07(1), but is

  2  not required to furnish copies of the records. A social

  3  security number submitted under s. 196.011(1) prior to the

  4  effective date of this act is confidential and exempt from s.

  5  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and the provisions of

  6  s. 119.07(1). A copy of documents containing the numbers

  7  furnished or sold by the property appraiser, except a copy

  8  furnished to the department, or a copy of documents containing

  9  social security numbers provided by the department or any

10  state or local agency for inspection or examination by the

11  public, must exclude those social security numbers.

12         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 193.1142, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         193.1142  Approval of assessment rolls.--

15         (1)  Each assessment roll shall be submitted to the

16  executive director of the Department of Revenue for review in

17  the manner and form prescribed by the department on or before

18  July 1. The department shall require the assessment roll

19  submitted under this section to include the social security

20  numbers required under s. 196.011. The roll submitted to the

21  department need not include centrally assessed properties

22  prior to approval under this subsection and subsection (2).

23  Such review by the executive director shall be made to

24  determine if the rolls meet all the appropriate requirements

25  of law relating to form and just value. Upon approval of the

26  rolls by the executive director or his or her designee, the

27  hearings required in s. 194.032 may be held.

28         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

29  law.

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      Removes a requirement that the applicant's and the
  4    applicant's spouse's social security numbers be included
      on applications for specified ad valorem tax exemptions,
  5    and on short form and renewal applications for such
      exemptions beginning with tax year 2000.
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