Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 878
                        Barcode 612100
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11  Senators Geller and Wise moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 197.402,
18  Florida Statutes, to read:
19         197.402  Advertisement of real or personal property
20  with delinquent taxes.--
21         (5)  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section,
22  the counties of Lake, Marion, Seminole, and Sumter shall enter
23  into a pilot program for the next two full property tax
24  cycles. During this time the tax collector in each county
25  shall, in lieu of the advertisement required in subsection
26  (3), advertise once at least 21 days prior to a sale under
27  that subsection. At the end of this 2-year pilot program, the
28  tax collector in each of the counties named in this subsection
29  shall submit a report to the President of the Senate and the
30  Speaker of the House of Representatives, on or before October
31  1, 2007, which compares the effectiveness of single
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 878 Barcode 612100 1 publication versus the effectiveness of triple publication by 2 listing the number and percentage of properties on which 3 delinquent taxes were paid after the single publication in 4 comparison to the number and percentage of properties on which 5 delinquent taxes were paid after three publications. 6 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. 7 8 9 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 10 And the title is amended as follows: 11 On page 1, lines 4 through 10, delete those lines 12 13 and insert: 14 amending s. 197.402, F.S.; creating a pilot 15 program for certain counties to study the 16 effectiveness of current legislation that 17 governs the advertisement of real or personal 18 property with delinquent taxes; providing 19 requirements for the pilot program; requiring 20 the tax collector of each county to report to 21 the Legislature on the results of the pilot 22 program; providing an effective date. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 4:51 PM 03/29/05 s0878d-31-b05