HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 271

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Finance & Taxation offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 1, lines 18-31 and On Page 2, line 1

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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18  all real property with delinquent taxes.  However, in a county

19  with a consolidated government the tax collector shall

20  advertise at least once each week for three weeks.  The tax

21  collector shall make a list of such properties in the same

22  order in which the lands were assessed, specifying the amount

23  due on each parcel, including interest at the rate of 18

24  percent per year from the date of delinquency to the date of

25  sale; the cost of advertising; and the expense of sale. The

26  advertising required by this subsection shall occur at least

27  21 days prior to the tax certificate sale.  In the case of a

28  county with a consolidated government, the first advertisement

29  shall occur at least 21 days prior to the tax certificate

30  sale.

31         Section 1.  Section 197.403, Florida Statutes, is

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 271

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





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 2         197.403  Publisher to furnish copy of advertisement to

 3  tax collector; proof of publication; fees.--The newspaper

 4  publishing the notice of a tax sale shall transmit by mail a

 5  copy of the paper containing the each notice to the tax

 6  collector within 10 days after the last required publication.

 7  In the case of a county with a consolidated government, the

 8  newspaper publishing the notice of a tax sale shall transmit

 9  by mail a copy of the papers containing each notice to the tax

10  collector within 10 days after the last required publication.

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