House Bill hb1039

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1039

        By Representatives Paul, Bense, Miller, Rubio, Mealor,
    Kottkamp, Clarke, Mahon, Pickens, Atwater, Melvin, Brown,
    Simmons, Baxley, Benson, Needelman, Carassas, Bennett, Bowen,
    Garcia, Allen, Ross, Negron, Harrell, Siplin, Greenstein,
    (Additional Sponsors on Last Printed Page)


  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem tax exemption;

  3         amending s. 196.24, F.S.; increasing the amount

  4         of the exemption provided under s. 3(b), Art.

  5         VII of the State Constitution for certain

  6         disabled ex-service members; providing an

  7         effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 196.24, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         196.24  Exemption for disabled ex-service member;

14  evidence of disability of ex-service member; exemption.--Any

15  ex-service member, a bona fide resident of the state, who has

16  been disabled to a degree of 10 percent or more while serving

17  during a period of wartime service as defined in s. 1.01(14),

18  or by misfortune, is entitled to the exemption from taxation

19  provided for in s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution as

20  provided in this section. Property to the value of $5,000 of

21  such person shall be exempt from taxation.; and The production

22  by him or her of a certificate of disability from the United

23  States Government or the United States Department of Veterans

24  Affairs or its predecessor before the property appraiser of

25  the county wherein the ex-service member's property lies is

26  prima facie evidence of the fact that he or she is entitled to

27  such exemption.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1039

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  2                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Increases from $500 to $5,000 the property tax exemption
  4    provided under s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State
      Constitution for certain disabled ex-service members.
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    Littlefield, Hogan, Attkisson, Haridopolos, Jordan, Kallinger,
10  Green, Harrington, Bilirakis, Mack, Byrd, Diaz-Balart, Gibson,
    Baker, Cantens, Gardiner, Brutus, Machek, Meadows, Bullard and
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