| 1 | Brummer offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 83-94, 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 "uninhabitable" |
| 11 | means that a building or structure cannot be used during a |
| 12 | period of 60 days or more for the purpose for which it was |
| 13 | constructed. However, if a property owner is living in an |
| 14 | uninhabitable structure because alternative living quarters are |
| 15 | unavailable, the owner is eligible for reimbursement as provided |
| 16 | in this section. |
| 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 the applicant applied |
| 20 | for under this section. Such notification shall be made on or |
| 21 | before April 1, 2005. The applicant whose application for |
| 22 | reimbursement was not fully granted may file a petition with the |
| 23 | value adjustment board for review of that decision. The petition |
| 24 | must be filed with the value adjustment board on or before the |
| 25 | 30th day following the mailing of the notice by the property |
| 26 | appraiser. |
| 27 | (b) The value adjustment board shall consider these |
| 28 | petitions as expeditiously as possible at the same time the |
| 29 | board is considering denials of homestead exemptions pursuant to |
| 30 | s. 194.032, Florida Statutes, or s. 196.151, Florida Statutes. |
| 31 | (c) By May 10, 2005, the property appraiser shall notify |
| 32 | the Department of Revenue of the total amount of reimbursements |
| 33 | denied for which a petition with the value adjustment board has |
| 34 | been filed. The Department of Revenue shall retain an amount |
| 35 | equal to the total amount of claims which had petitions filed |
| 36 | with the value adjustment board, or $1 million, whichever is |
| 37 | less. This retained amount shall be used for purposes of paying |
| 38 | those claims which were denied by the property appraiser but |
| 39 | granted by a value adjustment board. The Department of Revenue |
| 40 | shall distribute the remaining funds in accordance with the |
| 41 | provisions of paragraph (1)(e) to those property owners whose |
| 42 | applications for reimbursement were granted by the property |
| 43 | appraiser. |
| 44 | (d) The Department of Revenue shall not pay claims for |
| 45 | reimbursement from the retained funds until all appeals to the |
| 46 | value adjustment board have become final. If reimbursements made |
| 47 | under paragraph (1)(e) were reduced by the Department of |
| 48 | Revenue, reimbursements granted by the value adjustment boards |
| 49 | shall be reduced by the same percentage. If the total adjusted |
| 50 | reimbursements approved by the value adjustment boards exceeds |
| 51 | the amount retained by the department for paying these |
| 52 | reimbursements, the department shall further reduce all |
| 53 | reimbursement checks by a percentage sufficient to reduce total |
| 54 | reimbursement payments to an amount equal to the amount |
| 55 | retained. |
| 56 | (3) Any person who knowingly and willfully gives false |
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| 59 | Remove line(s) 24, and insert: |
| 60 | definition; requiring property appraisers to notify certain |
| 61 | applicants for reimbursement of ineligibility for entitlement; |
| 62 | authorizing ineligible applicants to petition value adjustment |
| 63 | boards for review; requiring value adjustment boards to consider |
| 64 | petitions expeditiously; requiring property appraisers to notify |
| 65 | the Department of Revenue of the reimbursement denial amounts |
| 66 | subject to petition; requiring the department to retain certain |
| 67 | reimbursement amounts for certain purposes; prohibiting the |
| 68 | department from paying reimbursement claims from retained funds |
| 69 | until final value adjustment board appeals; providing for |
| 70 | reducing reimbursement amounts under certain circumstances; |
| 71 | providing a penalty for giving false |