Senate Bill sb0878e1

    SB 878                                   First Engrossed (ntc)



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the advertisement of real or

  3         personal property with delinquent taxes;

  4         amending s. 197.402, F.S.; reducing the number

  5         of required advertisements for certain tax

  6         certificate sales; specifying a minimum time

  7         period for such advertisement prior to a sale;

  8         amending s. 197.403, F.S.; revising the

  9         requirement for transmitting a copy of the

10         published notice; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 197.402, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         197.402  Advertisement of real or personal property

17  with delinquent taxes.--

18         (3)  Except as provided in s. 197.432(4), on or before

19  June 1 or the 60th day after the date of delinquency,

20  whichever is later, the tax collector shall advertise once at

21  least 21 days prior to a sale pursuant to section 197.432 each

22  week for 3 weeks and shall sell tax certificates on all real

23  property with delinquent taxes. The tax collector shall make a

24  list of such properties in the same order in which the lands

25  were assessed, specifying the amount due on each parcel,

26  including interest at the rate of 18 percent per year from the

27  date of delinquency to the date of sale; the cost of

28  advertising; and the expense of sale.

29         Section 2.  Section 197.403, Florida Statutes, is

30  amended to read:

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    SB 878                                   First Engrossed (ntc)



 1         197.403  Publisher to furnish copy of advertisement to

 2  tax collector; proof of publication; fees.--The newspaper

 3  publishing the notice of a tax sale shall transmit by mail a

 4  copy of the paper containing the each notice to the tax

 5  collector within 10 days after the last required publication.

 6  When the publication of the tax sale notice is completed as

 7  provided by law, the publisher shall make an affidavit, in the

 8  form prescribed by the department, which shall be delivered to

 9  the tax collector and annexed to the report of certificates

10  sold for taxes as provided by s. 197.432(8).

11         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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