HB 0061 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
7	the following:
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire bill and insert:
11	A bill to be entitled
12	An act relating to property tax exemptions; amending s.
13	196.24, F.S.; entitling disabled veterans and the
14	surviving spouses of such veterans to an exemption from
15	taxation of the value of certain property; providing an
16	effective date.
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18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1. Section 196.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to
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22	196.24 Exemption for disabled veteran or surviving spouse
23	ex-service member; evidence of disability.--Any veteran who is
24	ex-service member,a bona fide resident of the state, who has
25	been disabled to a degree of 10 percent or more while serving
26	during a period of wartime service as defined in s. 1.01(14), or
27	by misfortune, is entitled to the exemption from taxation
28	provided for in s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution as
29	provided in this section. Property to the value of $5,000 of
30	such a person is exempt from taxation. The production by him or
31	her of a certificate of disability from the United States
32	Government or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
33	or its predecessor before the property appraiser of the county
34	wherein the ex-service member's property lies is prima facie
35	evidence of the fact that he or she is entitled to the
36	exemption. The unremarried widow or widower of a disabled
37	veteran who, on the date of the disabled veteran’s death, had
38	been married to the disabled veteran for a period of at least 20
39	years is also entitled to such exemption as provided in this
40	section.
41	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.