Senate Bill sb1846

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1846

    By Senator Margolis





    35-1015-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the administrative and

  3         judicial review of property taxes; amending s.

  4         194.011, F.S.; increasing the time periods

  5         within which certain evidentiary materials must

  6         be provided by and to the petitioner; amending

  7         s. 194.032, F.S.; revising the time period for

  8         the clerk to provide a petitioner with an

  9         appearance schedule; providing an effective

10         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) of section 194.011, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         194.011  Assessment notice; objections to

17  assessments.--

18         (4)(a)  At least 14 10 days before the hearing, the

19  petitioner shall provide to the property appraiser a list of

20  evidence to be presented at the hearing, together with copies

21  of all documentation to be considered by the value adjustment

22  board and a summary of evidence to be presented by witnesses.

23         (b)  No later than 5 days before the hearing and after

24  the petitioner provides the information required under

25  paragraph (a), the property appraiser shall provide to the

26  petitioner a list of evidence to be presented at the hearing,

27  together with copies of all documentation to be considered by

28  the value adjustment board and a summary of evidence to be

29  presented by witnesses. The evidence list must contain the

30  property record card if provided by the clerk.

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  1         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 194.032, Florida

  2  Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         194.032  Hearing purposes; timetable.--

  4         (2)  The clerk of the governing body of the county

  5  shall prepare a schedule of appearances before the board based

  6  on petitions timely filed with him or her.  The clerk shall

  7  notify each petitioner of the scheduled time of his or her

  8  appearance no less than 22 20 calendar days prior to the day

  9  of such scheduled appearance. Upon receipt of this

10  notification, the petitioner shall have the right to

11  reschedule the hearing a single time by submitting to the

12  clerk of the governing body of the county a written request to

13  reschedule, no less than 5 calendar days before the day of the

14  originally scheduled hearing. A copy of the property record

15  card containing relevant information used in computing the

16  taxpayer's current assessment shall be included with such

17  notice, if said card was requested by the taxpayer.  Such

18  request shall be made by checking an appropriate box on the

19  petition form.  No petitioner shall be required to wait for

20  more than 4 hours from the scheduled time; and, if his or her

21  petition is not heard in that time, the petitioner may, at his

22  or her option, report to the chairperson of the meeting that

23  he or she intends to leave; and, if he or she is not heard

24  immediately, the petitioner's administrative remedies will be

25  deemed to be exhausted, and he or she may seek further relief

26  as he or she deems appropriate. Failure on three occasions

27  with respect to any single tax year to convene at the

28  scheduled time of meetings of the board shall constitute

29  grounds for removal from office by the Governor for neglect of

30  duties.

31         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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  2                          SENATE SUMMARY

  3    Increases certain periods for the provision of evidence
      and appearance schedule notices in hearings related to
  4    property tax reviews. (See bill for details.)

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