House Bill hb0433

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 433

        By Representative Ball






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to ad valorem tax assessment;

  3         amending s. 193.015, F.S.; defining

  4         "conservation lands"; directing the property

  5         appraiser to consider that the designation or

  6         delineation of lands as wetlands or

  7         conservation lands constitutes a constraint on

  8         the property appraiser's ability to determine

  9         the highest and best use of the property;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section 193.015,

15  Florida Statutes, to read:

16         193.015  Additional specific factors factor; effect of

17  issuance or denial of permit to dredge, fill, or construct in

18  state waters to their landward extent; effect of designation

19  as wetlands or conservation lands.--

20         (4)(a)  As used in this subsection, "conservation

21  lands" means lands designated under an adopted comprehensive

22  plan or element or portion thereof, land development

23  regulations, or a land development code, to conserve and

24  protect native species' habitats or endangered or threatened

25  species, or to conserve, protect, manage, or restore important

26  ecosystems and forests.

27         (b)  The property appraiser is expressly directed to

28  consider that the designation or delineation of lands as

29  wetlands or conservation lands by any government entity

30  constitutes a constraint on the property appraiser's ability

31  to determine the highest and best use of the property.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 433

    561-155C-01






  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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      Defines "conservation lands" and directs the property
  7    appraiser to consider that the designation or delineation
      of lands as wetlands or conservation lands constitutes a
  8    constraint on the property appraiser's ability to
      determine the highest and best use of the property.
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