SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1574

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Horne moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 2 and 3,

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17         Section 1.  Section 196.1983, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         196.1983  Charter school exemption from ad valorem

20  taxes.--Any facility, or portion thereof, used to house a

21  charter school whose charter has been approved by the sponsor

22  and the governing board pursuant to s. 228.056(9) shall be

23  exempt from ad valorem taxes. For leasehold properties, the

24  landlord must certify by affidavit to the charter school that

25  the lease payments shall be reduced to the extent of the

26  exemption received.  The owner of the property shall disclose

27  to a charter school the full amount of the benefit derived

28  from the exemption and the method for ensuring that the

29  charter school receives such benefit.  The charter school

30  shall receive the full benefit derived from the exemption

31  through either an annual or monthly credit to the charter

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1574

    Amendment No.    





 1  school's lease payments.

 2         Section 2.  Section 196.29, Florida Statutes, is

 3  amended to read:

 4         196.29  Cancellation of certain taxes on real property

 5  acquired by a county, school board, charter school governing

 6  board, or community college district board of

 7  trustees.--Whenever any county, school board, charter school

 8  governing board, or community college district board of

 9  trustees of this state has heretofore acquired, or shall

10  hereafter acquire, title to any real property, the taxes of

11  all political subdivisions, as defined in s. 1.01, upon such

12  property for the year in which title to such property was

13  acquired, or shall hereafter be acquired, shall be that

14  portion of the taxes levied or accrued against such property

15  for such year which the portion of such year which has expired

16  at the date of such acquisition bears to the entire year, and

17  the remainder of such taxes for such year shall stand

18  canceled.

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22  And the title is amended as follows:

23         On page 1, line 2, after the semicolon

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26         creating s. 196.1983, F.S.; providing an

27         exemption from ad valorem taxes for facilities

28         used to house charter schools;

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