Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2042
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/12/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
       (Bogdanoff) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 126
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (11) is added to section 200.069,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         200.069 Notice of proposed property taxes and non-ad
    8  valorem assessments.—Pursuant to s. 200.065(2)(b), the property
    9  appraiser, in the name of the taxing authorities and local
   10  governing boards levying non-ad valorem assessments within his
   11  or her jurisdiction and at the expense of the county, shall
   12  prepare and deliver by first-class mail to each taxpayer to be
   13  listed on the current year’s assessment roll a notice of
   14  proposed property taxes, which notice shall contain the elements
   15  and use the format provided in the following form.
   16  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 195.022, no county officer
   17  shall use a form other than that provided herein. The Department
   18  of Revenue may adjust the spacing and placement on the form of
   19  the elements listed in this section as it considers necessary
   20  based on changes in conditions necessitated by various taxing
   21  authorities. If the elements are in the order listed, the
   22  placement of the listed columns may be varied at the discretion
   23  and expense of the property appraiser, and the property
   24  appraiser may use printing technology and devices to complete
   25  the form, the spacing, and the placement of the information in
   26  the columns. A county officer may use a form other than that
   27  provided by the department for purposes of this part, but only
   28  if his or her office pays the related expenses and he or she
   29  obtains prior written permission from the executive director of
   30  the department; however, a county officer may not use a form the
   31  substantive content of which is at variance with the form
   32  prescribed by the department. The county officer may continue to
   33  use such an approved form until the law that specifies the form
   34  is amended or repealed or until the officer receives written
   35  disapproval from the executive director.
   36         (11) At the request of the governing body of the county,
   37  the property appraiser shall mail an additional form to each
   38  taxpayer within his or her jurisdiction along with the notice of
   39  proposed taxes. Any costs related to this form shall be borne by
   40  the county. The form may include information regarding the
   41  proposed budget for the county, inform taxpayers of the portion
   42  of the proposed nonvoted county millage rate which is
   43  attributable to each constitutional officer and the county
   44  commission, and include:
   45         (a) The dollar value of proposed nonvoted property tax
   46  funding for each constitutional officer and the county
   47  commission;
   48         (b) The percent of the total nonvoted property tax revenues
   49  designated for each constitutional officer and the county
   50  commission in the proposed budget; and
   51         (c) The proposed nonvoted millage rate for each
   52  constitutional officer and the county commission, calculated by
   53  multiplying the percent of the total nonvoted property tax
   54  revenues designated for each entity by the county’s proposed
   55  nonvoted millage rate.
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   57  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   58         And the title is amended as follows:
   59         Between lines 2 and 3
   60  insert:
   61         amending s. 200.069, F.S.; requiring a property
   62         appraiser, at the request of the governing body of a
   63         county, to mail an additional form along with the
   64         notice of proposed taxes to notify taxpayers of the
   65         portion of the proposed nonvoted county millage rate
   66         that is attributable to each constitutional officer
   67         and the county commission;