| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the advertisement of real or personal |
| 3 | property with delinquent taxes; amending s. 197.402, F.S.; |
| 4 | reducing the number of required advertisements for certain |
| 5 | tax certificate sales; specifying a minimum time period |
| 6 | for such advertisement prior to a sale; amending s. |
| 7 | 197.403, F.S.; revising a published notice copy |
| 8 | transmittal requirement; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 197.402, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 197.402 Advertisement of real or personal property with |
| 15 | delinquent taxes.-- |
| 16 | (3) Except as provided in s. 197.432(4), on or before June |
| 17 | 1 or the 60th day after the date of delinquency, whichever is |
| 18 | later, the tax collector shall advertise once at least 21 days |
| 19 | prior to a sale under this subsection each week for 3 weeks and |
| 20 | shall sell tax certificates on all real property with delinquent |
| 21 | taxes. The tax collector shall make a list of such properties in |
| 22 | the same order in which the lands were assessed, specifying the |
| 23 | amount due on each parcel, including interest at the rate of 18 |
| 24 | percent per year from the date of delinquency to the date of |
| 25 | sale; the cost of advertising; and the expense of sale. |
| 26 | Section 2. Section 197.403, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 27 | to read: |
| 28 | 197.403 Publisher to furnish copy of advertisement to tax |
| 29 | collector; proof of publication; fees.--The newspaper publishing |
| 30 | the notice of a tax sale shall transmit by mail a copy of the |
| 31 | paper containing the each notice to the tax collector within 10 |
| 32 | days after the last required publication. When the publication |
| 33 | of the tax sale notice is completed as provided by law, the |
| 34 | publisher shall make an affidavit, in the form prescribed by the |
| 35 | department, which shall be delivered to the tax collector and |
| 36 | annexed to the report of certificates sold for taxes as provided |
| 37 | by s. 197.432(8). |
| 38 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |