House Bill 0271

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 271

        By Representative Bitner






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to advertisement of real

  3         property with delinquent taxes; amending ss.

  4         197.402 and 197.403, F.S.; reducing the number

  5         of times such advertisement must be made;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 197.402, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         197.402  Advertisement of real or personal property

13  with delinquent taxes.--

14         (3)  Except as provided in s. 197.432(4), on or before

15  June 1 or the 60th day after the date of delinquency,

16  whichever is later, the tax collector shall advertise one time

17  once each week for 3 weeks and shall sell tax certificates on

18  all real property with delinquent taxes. The tax collector

19  shall make a list of such properties in the same order in

20  which the lands were assessed, specifying the amount due on

21  each parcel, including interest at the rate of 18 percent per

22  year from the date of delinquency to the date of sale; the

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

24  required by this subsection shall occur at least 21 days prior

25  to the tax certificate sale.

26         Section 2.  Section 197.403, Florida Statutes, is

27  amended to read:

28         197.403  Publisher to furnish copy of advertisement to

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

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

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

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 271

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  1  collector within 10 days after the last required publication.

  2  When the publication of the tax sale notice is completed as

  3  provided by law, the publisher shall make an affidavit, in the

  4  form prescribed by the department, which shall be delivered to

  5  the tax collector and annexed to the report of certificates

  6  sold for taxes as provided by s. 197.432(8).

  7         Section 3.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.

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      Reduces from three times to once the number of times real
12    property with delinquent taxes must be advertised before
      the tax certificate sale.
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