House Bill 1199

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1199

        By Representative Ball






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem tax assessment;

  3         amending s. 193.015, F.S.; defining

  4         "conservation lands"; directing the property

  5         appraiser to consider that the designation of

  6         lands as wetlands or conservation lands

  7         constitutes a constraint on the determination

  8         of the highest and best use of the property;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section 193.015,

14  Florida Statutes, to read:

15         193.015  Additional specific factors factor; effect of

16  issuance or denial of permit to dredge, fill, or construct in

17  state waters to their landward extent; effect of designation

18  as wetlands or conservation lands.--

19         (4)(a)  As used in this subsection, "conservation

20  lands" means lands designated under an adopted comprehensive

21  plan or element or portion thereof, land development

22  regulations, or a land development code, to conserve and

23  protect native species' habitats or endangered or threatened

24  species, or to conserve, protect, manage, or restore important

25  ecosystems and forests, if the protection and conservation of

26  such lands is necessary to enhance or protect significant

27  surface water, groundwater, wetlands, coastal protected

28  habitats, or wildlife resources which cannot otherwise be

29  accomplished through state or local regulatory programs.

30         (b)  The property appraiser is expressly directed to

31  consider that the designation of lands as wetlands or

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1199

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  1  conservation lands constitutes a constraint on the

  2  determination of the highest and best use of the property.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Defines "conservation lands" and directs the property
  9    appraiser to consider that the designation of lands as
      wetlands or conservation lands constitutes a constraint
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      property.
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