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Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 880-881

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insert:

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          Section 9.  Section 196.175, Florida Statutes, is

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amended to read:

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     196.175  Renewable energy source exemption.--

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     (1)  Improved real property upon which a renewable energy

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source device is installed and operated shall be entitled to an

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exemption not greater than the lesser of:

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     (a)  The assessed value of such real property less any other

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exemptions applicable under this chapter;

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     (b)  The original cost of the device, including the

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installation cost thereof, but excluding the cost of replacing

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previously existing property removed or improved in the course of

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such installation; or

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     (c)  Eight percent of the assessed value of such property

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immediately following installation.

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     (2)  The exempt amount authorized under subsection (1) shall

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apply in full if the device was installed and operative

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throughout the 12-month period preceding January 1 of the year of

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application for this exemption. If the device was operative for a

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portion of that period, the exempt amount authorized under this

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section shall be reduced proportionally.

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     (3)  It shall be the responsibility of the applicant for an

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exemption pursuant to this section to demonstrate affirmatively

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to the satisfaction of the property appraiser that he or she

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meets the requirements for exemption under this section and that

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the original cost pursuant to paragraph (1)(b) and the period for

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which the device was operative, as indicated on the exemption

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application, are correct.

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     (4)  No exemption authorized pursuant to this section shall

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be granted for a period of more than 10 years. No exemption shall

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be granted with respect to renewable energy source devices

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installed before January 1, 2009 January 1, 1980, or after

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December 31, 1990.

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(Renumber subsequent sections)

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 42 after the semicolon ";"

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insert:

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amending s. 196.175, F.S.; providing no exemption shall be

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granted for renewable energy source devices installed

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before January 1, 2009;

4/15/2008  7:54:00 PM     EP.37.07739