Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2482
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11  The Committee on Finance and Tax (Geller) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 83, between lines 20 and 21,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 42.  Section 197.572, Florida Statutes, is
19  amended to read:
20         197.572  Easements for conservation purposes, or for
21  public service purposes or for drainage or ingress and egress
22  survive tax sales and deeds.--When any lands are sold for the
23  nonpayment of taxes, or any tax certificate is issued thereon
24  by a governmental unit or agency or pursuant to any tax lien
25  foreclosure proceeding, the title to the lands shall continue
26  to be subject to any easement for conservation purposes as
27  provided in s. 704.06 or telephone, telegraph, pipeline, power
28  transmission, or other public service purpose and shall
29  continue to be subject to any easement for the purposes of
30  drainage or of ingress and egress to and from other land.  The
31  easement and the rights of the owner of it shall survive and
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2482 Barcode 162478 1 be enforceable after the execution, delivery, and recording of 2 a tax deed, a master's deed, or a clerk's certificate of title 3 pursuant to foreclosure of a tax deed, tax certificate, or tax 4 lien, to the same extent as though the land had been conveyed 5 by voluntary deed. The easement must be evidenced by written 6 instrument recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit 7 court in the county where such land is located before the 8 recording of such tax deed or master's deed, or, if not 9 recorded, an easement for a public service purpose must be 10 evidenced by wires, poles, or other visible occupation, an 11 easement for drainage must be evidenced by a waterway, water 12 bed, or other visible occupation, and an easement for the 13 purpose of ingress and egress must be evidenced by a road or 14 other visible occupation to be entitled to the benefit of this 15 section; however, this shall apply only to tax deeds issued 16 after the effective date of this act. 17 18 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 On page 7, line 1, after the semicolon 24 25 insert: 26 amending s. 197.572, F.S.; providing for 27 easements for conservation purposes; 28 29 30 31 2 2:06 PM 04/19/07 s2482c-ft31-bz1