| 1 | Brummer offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (856863) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 52-65, and insert: |
| 5 | requested exceeds the amount available for that purpose, the |
| 6 | department shall reduce all reimbursement checks by a percentage |
| 7 | sufficient to reduce total reimbursement payments to an amount |
| 8 | equal to the appropriation less any amount retained pursuant to |
| 9 | paragraph (2)(c). |
| 10 | (f) As used in this section, the term: |
| 11 | 1. "Major damage" means that a mobile home is more than 50 |
| 12 | percent destroyed or that a mobile home cannot be inhabited and |
| 13 | cannot be repaired for less than the amount of its value before |
| 14 | being damaged by the named tropical system. |
| 15 | 2. "Permanent residence" and "permanent resident" have the |
| 16 | same meanings as provided in s. 196.012, Florida Statutes. |
| 17 | (2)(a) The property appraiser shall notify the applicant |
| 18 | by mail if the property appraiser determines the applicant is |
| 19 | not entitled to receive the reimbursement they applied for under |
| 20 | this section. Such notification shall be made on or before June |
| 21 | 1, 2005. The applicant whose application for reimbursement was |
| 22 | not fully granted may file a petition with the value adjustment |
| 23 | board for review of that decision. The petition must be filed |
| 24 | with the value adjustment board on or before the 30th day |
| 25 | following the mailing of the notice by the property appraiser. |
| 26 | (b) The value adjustment board shall consider these |
| 27 | petitions as expeditiously as possible at the same time the |
| 28 | board is considering denials of homestead exemptions pursuant to |
| 29 | s. 194.032, Florida Statutes, or s. 196.151, Florida Statutes. |
| 30 | (c) By July 10, 2005, the property appraiser shall notify |
| 31 | the Department of Revenue of the total amount of reimbursements |
| 32 | denied for which a petition with the value adjustment board has |
| 33 | been filed. The Department of Revenue shall retain an amount |
| 34 | equal to the total amount of claims which had petitions filed |
| 35 | with the value adjustment board, or $665,000, whichever is less. |
| 36 | This retained amount shall be used for purposes of paying those |
| 37 | claims which were denied by the property appraiser but granted |
| 38 | by a value adjustment board. The Department of Revenue shall |
| 39 | distribute the remaining funds in accordance with the provisions |
| 40 | of paragraph (1)(e) to those mobile home owners whose |
| 41 | applications for reimbursement were granted by the property |
| 42 | appraiser. |
| 43 | (d) The Department of Revenue shall not pay claims for |
| 44 | reimbursement from the retained funds until all appeals to the |
| 45 | value adjustment board have become final. If reimbursements made |
| 46 | under paragraph (1)(e) were reduced by the Department of |
| 47 | Revenue, reimbursements granted by the value adjustment boards |
| 48 | shall be reduced by the same percentage. If the total adjusted |
| 49 | reimbursements approved by the value adjustment boards exceeds |
| 50 | the amount retained by the department for paying these |
| 51 | reimbursements, the department shall further reduce all |
| 52 | reimbursement checks by a percentage sufficient to reduce total |
| 53 | reimbursement payments to an amount equal to the amount |
| 54 | retained. |
| 55 | (3) Any person who claims reimbursement under section 1 is |
| 56 | not eligible for the reimbursement provided by this section. |
| 57 | (4) Any person who knowingly and willfully gives false |
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| 59 | Remove line 86, and insert: |
| 60 | accordingly; providing definitions; requiring property |
| 61 | appraisers to notify certain applicants for reimbursement of |
| 62 | ineligibility for entitlement; authorizing ineligible applicants |
| 63 | to petition value adjustment boards for review; requiring value |
| 64 | adjustment boards to consider petitions expeditiously; requiring |
| 65 | property appraisers to notify the Department of Revenue of the |
| 66 | reimbursement denial amounts subject to petition; requiring the |
| 67 | department to retain certain reimbursement amounts for certain |
| 68 | purposes; prohibiting the department from paying reimbursement |
| 69 | claims from retained funds until final value adjustment board |
| 70 | appeals; providing for reducing reimbursement amounts under |
| 71 | certain circumstances; providing a limitation on |