Senate Bill sb2448

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2448

    By Senator Baker





    20-1599-07                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to payment of homestead

  3         property taxes for active duty deployed

  4         military personnel; providing legislative

  5         intent; authorizing deployed active duty

  6         military personnel to apply to the Department

  7         of Revenue for payment of certain ad valorem

  8         taxes for a certain time period; providing

  9         duties of property appraisers and the

10         department; providing an appropriation;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature

16  that the state pay the ad valorem property taxes on homestead

17  property of any active duty deployed military personnel for up

18  to 1 year or prorated for the days of active deployment in a

19  given year.

20         (2)  Any active duty deployed military personnel may

21  apply to the Department of Revenue to have the ad valorem

22  taxes imposed upon his or her homestead property paid by the

23  state for up to 1 year or for the prorated days of active

24  employment during 1 year.

25         (3)  The property appraiser of each county shall submit

26  a request to the Department of Revenue for each homestead

27  property for which the owner submits appropriate documentation

28  showing his or her impending deployment or actual deployment.

29  Within 30 days after receiving such request, the Department of

30  Revenue shall remit to the county tax collector the amount of

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2448
    20-1599-07                                              See HB




 1  the tax bill for the period of the estimated deployment,

 2  rounded to the nearest complete month, up to 1 year.

 3         Section 2.  The sum of $1 million is appropriated from

 4  the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for

 5  purposes of paying ad valorem taxes as provided by this act.

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

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