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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem taxation;

  3         amending s. 196.011, F.S.; delaying the year of

  4         implementation of provisions which require

  5         that, in connection with renewal of specified

  6         exemptions, the applicant's and applicant's

  7         spouse's social security numbers are required;

  8         creating s. 193.016, F.S.; providing for the

  9         assessment of tangible personal property after

10         adjustments by the value adjustment board;

11         amending s. 194.013, F.S.; deleting provision

12         for refund; providing an effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (11) of section 196.011, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         196.011  Annual application required for exemption.--

19         (11)  For exemptions enumerated in paragraph (1)(b),

20  granted for the 2001 2000 tax year and thereafter, social

21  security numbers of the applicant and the applicant's spouse,

22  if any, are required and must be submitted to the department.

23  Applications filed pursuant to subsection (5) or subsection

24  (6) may be required to include social security numbers of the

25  applicant and the applicant's spouse, if any, and shall

26  include such information if filed for the 2001 2000 tax year

27  or thereafter. For counties where the annual application

28  requirement has been waived, property appraisers may require

29  refiling of an application to obtain such information.

30         Section 2.  Section 193.016, Florida Statutes, is

31  created to read:


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  1         193.016  Property appraiser's assessment; effect of

  2  determinations by value adjustment board.--If the property

  3  appraiser's assessment of the same items of tangible personal

  4  property in the previous year was adjusted by the value

  5  adjustment board and the decision of the board to reduce the

  6  assessment was not successfully appealed by the property

  7  appraiser, the property appraiser shall consider the reduced

  8  values determined by the value adjustment board in assessing

  9  those items of tangible personal property. If the property

10  appraiser adjusts upward the reduced values previously

11  determined by the value adjustment board, the property

12  appraiser shall assert additional basic and underlying facts

13  not properly considered by the value adjustment board as the

14  basis for the increased valuation notwithstanding the prior

15  adjustment by the board.

16         Section 3.  Subsections (4) and (5) of s. 194.013,

17  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

18         194.013  Filing fees for petitions; disposition;

19  waiver.--

20         (4)  Should the petitioner prevail at the value

21  adjustment board hearing or in a conference with the property

22  appraiser, resulting in a reduced assessment or increased

23  exemption, the filing fee shall be refunded to the taxpayer no

24  later than 45 days after certification of the tax roll under

25  s. 193.122(1).  The refund shall be made by the clerk of the

26  value adjustment board without any further authority from the

27  Department of Revenue under s. 197.182.

28         (4)(5)  All filing fees collected by the clerk shall be

29  allocated and utilized to defray, to the extent possible, the

30  costs incurred in connection with the administration and

31  operation of the value adjustment board.


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  1         Section 4.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.

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