HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-37 Bill No. CS for SB 1576
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Paul offered the following:
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17 Section 9. Effective January 1, 2002, section 196.24,
18 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 196.24 Exemption for disabled ex-service member;
20 evidence of disability of ex-service member; exemption.--Any
21 ex-service member, a bona fide resident of the state, who has
22 been disabled to a degree of 10 percent or more while serving
23 during a period of wartime service as defined in s. 1.01(14),
24 or by misfortune, is entitled to the exemption from taxation
25 provided for in s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution as
26 provided in this section. Property to the value of $5,000 of
27 such person shall be exempt from taxation.; and The production
28 by him or her of a certificate of disability from the United
29 States Government or the United States Department of Veterans
30 Affairs or its predecessor before the property appraiser of
31 the county wherein the ex-service member's property lies is
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1 prima facie evidence of the fact that he or she is entitled to
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6 And the title is amended as follows:
7 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title
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10 A bill to be entitled
11 An act relating to ad valorem taxes; amending
12 s. 195.096, F.S.; requiring the Department of
13 Revenue to document and retain records used in
14 the review of assessment rolls; amending s.
15 195.096, F.S., effective for the 2003 tax rolls
16 and subsequent tax rolls; requiring the
17 Department of Revenue to study assessment
18 groups or market areas to assure the
19 representativeness of ratio-study samples;
20 amending s. 197.502, F.S.; authorizing the tax
21 collector to contract with a title abstract
22 company to provide information concerning
23 property described in a tax certificate;
24 authorizing the tax collector to pay a
25 reasonable fee for this information; providing
26 that the amount of any fee paid for this
27 information must be added to the opening bid
28 for a tax deed for the property; amending s.
29 200.069, F.S.; changing the presentation of
30 independent special districts' debt-service
31 levies on notices of proposed property taxes;
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1 amending s. 193.155, F.S.; revising provisions
2 governing assessment of homestead property;
3 amending s. 197.343, F.S.; changing the date
4 for an additional tax notice; amending s.
5 193.461, F.S.; adding boarding of livestock to
6 the list of agricultural purposes; creating the
7 Property Tax Administration Task Force;
8 providing purposes and membership of the task
9 force; requiring periodic reports to the
10 department; amending s. 196.24, F.S.;
11 increasing the amount of the exemption provided
12 under s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State
13 Constitution for certain disabled ex-service
14 members; providing effective dates.
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