Senate Bill 1496

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1496

    By Senator Bronson





    18-1192-00                                              See HB

  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 factor; effect of issuance

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

17  waters to their landward extent.--

18         (4)(a)  As used in this subsection, the term

19  "conservation lands" means lands designated under an adopted

20  comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof, land

21  development regulations, or a land development code, to

22  conserve and protect native species' habitats or endangered or

23  threatened species, or to conserve, protect, manage, or

24  restore important ecosystems and forests, if the protection

25  and conservation of such lands is necessary to enhance or

26  protect significant surface water, groundwater, wetlands,

27  coastal protected habitats, or wildlife resources which cannot

28  otherwise be accomplished through state or local regulatory

29  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 Senate - 2000                                  SB 1496
    18-1192-00                                              See HB




  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                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Defines the term "conservation lands" and directs the
  9    property appraiser to consider that the designation of
      lands as wetlands or conservation lands constitutes a
10    constraint on the determination of the highest and best
      use of the property.
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