Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 878, 1st Eng.
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11 Senators Geller and Baker moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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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
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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, 1st Eng.
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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.
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10 And the title is amended as follows:
11 On page 1, lines 4-10, delete those lines
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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.
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