Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11  Senator Deutch moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 3, between lines 18 and 19,
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17         Section 3.  Section 196.1978, Florida Statutes, is
18  amended to read:
19         196.1978  Affordable housing property
20  exemption.--Property used to provide affordable housing
21  serving eligible persons as defined by s. 159.603(7) and
22  persons meeting income limits specified in s. 420.0004(8),
23  (10), (11), and (15), which property is owned entirely by a
24  nonprofit entity that is a corporation not-for-profit pursuant
25  to chapter 617 or a Florida limited partnership, the sole
26  general partner of which is a corporation not-for-profit
27  pursuant to chapter 617, which is qualified as charitable
28  under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which
29  complies with Rev. Proc. 96-32, 1996-1 C.B. 717, shall be
30  considered property owned by an exempt entity and used for a
31  charitable purpose, and those portions of the affordable
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    Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1022
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 1  housing property which provide housing to individuals with
 2  incomes as defined in s. 420.0004(10) and (15) shall be exempt
 3  from ad valorem taxation to the extent authorized in s.
 4  196.196. All property identified in this section shall comply
 5  with the criteria for determination of exempt status to be
 6  applied by property appraisers on an annual basis as defined
 7  in s. 196.195. The Legislature intends that any property owned
 8  by a limited liability company or limited liability
 9  partnership which is disregarded as an entity for federal
10  income tax purposes pursuant to Treasury Regulation
11  301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii) shall be treated as owned by its sole
12  member. The exemption in this section extends to land that is
13  owned by an exempt entity subject to a 99-year ground lease
14  for the purpose of providing permanently affordable housing.
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16  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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20  And the title is amended as follows:
21         On page 1, line 11, after the semicolon,
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24         amending s. 196.1978, F.S.; limiting an
25         exemption for affordable housing to property
26         owned by a corporation not-for-profit or a
27         limited partnership, the sole general partner
28         of which is such a not-for-profit corporation;
29         extending exemption to certain land;
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