HOUSE AMENDMENT

    90-435AXA-05                                  Bill No. HB 1821

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Kelly offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, lines 12 and 13,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 2.  Effective January 1, 2001, subsection (5)

19  of section 196.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         196.075  Additional homestead exemption for persons 65

21  and older.--

22         (5)  The department must require by rule that the

23  filing of the statement be supported by copies of any federal

24  income tax returns for the prior year, any wage and earnings

25  statements (W-2 forms), and any other documents it finds

26  necessary, for each member of the household, to be submitted

27  by June 1. The taxpayer's statement shall attest to the

28  accuracy of the documents and grant permission to allow review

29  of the documents if requested by the property appraiser such

30  copies. At the option of the property appraiser, the

31  taxpayer's documents may be requested and reviewed randomly

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    90-435AXA-05                                  Bill No. HB 1821

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  for accuracy and completeness. All reviews requested shall be

 2  completed on or before June 1. The property appraiser shall

 3  may not grant the exemption if without the required

 4  documentation requested is not provided.

 5         Section 3.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this

 6  act shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall apply to

 7  the 2000 tax year and thereafter.

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 1, line 22,

13  remove from the title of the bill:  providing an effective

14  date.

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         amending s. 196.075, F.S.; revising

18         requirements relating to the statement of

19         household income which must be submitted by a

20         person claiming the additional homestead

21         exemption for persons 65 and older; providing

22         for random review of a taxpayer's documents by

23         the property appraiser; authorizing denial of

24         the exemption if requested documentation is not

25         provided; providing effective dates.

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