Senate Bill sb2232
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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 2232
By Senator Miller
18-879-03 See HB 145
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to real estate taxation;
3 amending s. 196.101, F.S.; revising provisions
4 for exemption for totally and permanently
5 disabled persons; providing an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 Section 1. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 196.101,
10 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
11 196.101 Exemption for totally and permanently disabled
12 persons.--
13 (2) Any real estate used and owned as a homestead by a
14 person who is totally and permanently disabled due to
15 paraplegia or hemiplegia paraplegic, hemiplegic, or other
16 totally and permanently disabled person, as defined in s.
17 196.012(11), who must use a wheelchair for mobility or by a
18 person who is legally blind, is exempt from taxation.
19 (5) The physician's certification shall read as
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21 PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATION
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23 TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY
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25 I, ... (name of physician) ..., a physician licensed
26 pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459, Florida Statutes,
27 hereby certify Mr. _____ Mrs. _____ Miss _____ Ms. _____
28 ... (name of totally and permanently disabled person) ...,
29 social security number _____, is totally and permanently
30 disabled as of January 1, ... (year) ..., due to the
31 following mental or physical condition(s):
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2 _____ Quadriplegia
3 _____ Paraplegia
4 _____ Hemiplegia
5 _____ Other total and permanent disability requiring
6 use of a wheelchair for mobility
7 _____ Legal Blindness
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9 It is my professional belief that the above-named condition(s)
10 render Mr. _____ Mrs. _____ Miss _____ Ms. _____ totally and
11 permanently disabled, and that the foregoing statements are
12 true, correct, and complete to the best of my knowledge and
13 professional belief.
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15 Signature
16 Address (print)
17 Date
18 Florida Board of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine license
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21 Issued on
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23 NOTICE TO TAXPAYER: Each Florida resident applying for a total
24 and permanent disability exemption must present to the county
25 property appraiser, on or before March 1 of each year, a copy
26 of this form or a letter from the United States Department of
27 Veterans Affairs or its predecessor. Each form is to be
28 completed by a licensed Florida physician.
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30 NOTICE TO TAXPAYER AND PHYSICIAN: Section 196.131(2), Florida
31 Statutes, provides that any person who shall knowingly and
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1 willfully give false information for the purpose of claiming
2 homestead exemption shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the
3 first degree, punishable by a term of imprisonment not
4 exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000, or both.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.
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