SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1176
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Campbell moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 194.011, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 194.011 Assessment notice; objections to
20 assessments.--
21 (4)(a) At least 10 days before the hearing, the
22 petitioner shall provide to the property appraiser a list of
23 evidence to be presented at the hearing, together with copies
24 of all documentation to be considered by the value adjustment
25 board and a summary of evidence to be presented by witnesses.
26 However, in any county with a population greater than 1.5
27 million, the petitioner shall provide such evidence list and
28 documentation at least 16 days prior to the hearing.
29 (b) No later than 5 days after the petitioner provides
30 the information required under paragraph (a), the property
31 appraiser shall provide to the petitioner a list of evidence
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1 to be presented at the hearing, together with copies of all
2 documentation to be considered by the value adjustment board
3 and a summary of evidence to be presented by witnesses. The
4 evidence list must contain the property record card if
5 provided by the clerk. However, in any county with a
6 population greater than 1.5 million, the property appraiser
7 shall provide such evidence list and documentation by
8 electronic means or facsimile 5 days before the hearing if the
9 petitioner has provided the property appraiser with an e-mail
10 address or fax number.
11 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 194.032, Florida
12 Statutes, is amended to read:
13 194.032 Hearing purposes; timetable.--
14 (2) The clerk of the governing body of the county
15 shall prepare a schedule of appearances before the board based
16 on petitions timely filed with him or her. The clerk shall
17 notify each petitioner of the scheduled time of his or her
18 appearance no less than 20 calendar days prior to the day of
19 such scheduled appearance; however in any county with a
20 population greater than 1.5 million, the clerk shall provide
21 such notice not less than 25 calendar days prior to the day of
22 such scheduled appearance by electronic means or facsimile if
23 the petitioner has provided the property appraiser with an
24 e-mail address or fax number. Upon receipt of this
25 notification, the petitioner shall have the right to
26 reschedule the hearing a single time by submitting to the
27 clerk of the governing body of the county a written request to
28 reschedule, no less than 5 calendar days before the day of the
29 originally scheduled hearing. A copy of the property record
30 card containing relevant information used in computing the
31 taxpayer's current assessment shall be included with such
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1 notice, if said card was requested by the taxpayer. Such
2 request shall be made by checking an appropriate box on the
3 petition form. No petitioner shall be required to wait for
4 more than 4 hours from the scheduled time; and, if his or her
5 petition is not heard in that time, the petitioner may, at his
6 or her option, report to the chairperson of the meeting that
7 he or she intends to leave; and, if he or she is not heard
8 immediately, the petitioner's administrative remedies will be
9 deemed to be exhausted, and he or she may seek further relief
10 as he or she deems appropriate. Failure on three occasions
11 with respect to any single tax year to convene at the
12 scheduled time of meetings of the board shall constitute
13 grounds for removal from office by the Governor for neglect of
14 duties
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19 And the title is amended as follows:
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23 amending s. 194.011, F.S.; revising
24 requirements for providing an evidence list and
25 documentation to the value adjustment board
26 prior to a hearing under certain conditions;
27 amending s. 194.032, F.S.; revising the
28 requirements for notice for appearance before
29 the value adjustment board under certain
30 conditions;
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