HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1721 CS
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Bilirakis offered the following:
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14	Substitute Amendment for Amendment (516125) (with title
15	amendment)
16	Remove line(s) 167-209, and insert:
17	There are unpaid taxes on property contiguous to your
18	property. The property with the unpaid taxes will be sold
19	at auction on ... (date) ... unless the back taxes are
20	paid. To make payment, or to receive further information
21	about the purchase of the property, contact the clerk of
22	court immediately at ... (address) ..., ... (telephone
23	number) ....
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25	Neither the failure of the tax collector to include the list of
26	contiguous property owners pursuant to s. 197.502(4)(h) in his
27	or her statement to the clerk nor the failure of the clerk to
28	mail this notice to any or all of the persons listed in the tax
29	collector’s statement pursuant to s. 197.502(4)(h) shall be a
30	basis to challenge the validity of the tax deed issued pursuant
31	to any notice under s. 197.522
32	Section 4. Ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem assessments
33	against subdivision property.--
34	(1) Ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem assessments shall
35	be assessed against the lots within a platted residential
36	subdivision and not upon the subdivision property as a whole. An
37	ad valorem tax or non-ad valorem assessment, including a tax or
38	assessment imposed by a county, municipality, special district,
39	or water management district, may not be assessed separately
40	against common elements utilized exclusively for the benefit of
41	lot owners within the subdivision, regardless of ownership. The
42	value of each parcel of land that is or has been part of a
43	platted subdivision and that is designated on the plat or the
44	approved site plan as a common element for the exclusive benefit
45	of lot owners shall, regardless of ownership, be prorated by the
46	property appraiser and included in the assessment of all the
47	lots within the subdivision which constitute inventory for the
48	developer and are intended to be conveyed or have been conveyed
49	into private ownership for the exclusive benefit of lot owners
50	within the subdivision.
51	(2) As used in this section, the term "common element"
52	includes:
53	(a) Subdivision property not included within lots
54	constituting inventory for the developer which are intended to
55	be conveyed or have been conveyed into private ownership.
56	(b) An easement through the subdivision property, not
57	including the property described in paragraph (a), which has
58	been dedicated to the public or retained for the benefit of the
59	subdivision.
60	(c) Any other part of the subdivision which has been
61	designated on the plat or is required to be designated on the
62	site plan as a drainage pond, or detention or retention pond,
63	for the exclusive benefit of the subdivision.
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67	Remove line(s) 29, and insert:
68	easements and other common