Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SJR 592
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/26/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Richter) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with ballot and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 11 - 12
    4  and insert:
    5         That the following amendment to Section 6 of Article VII
    6  and the creation of Section 32 of Article XII of the State
    7  Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to
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    9         Between lines 88 and 89
   10  insert:
   11                             ARTICLE XII                           
   12                              SCHEDULE                             
   13         SECTION 32. Veterans disabled due to combat injury;
   14  homestead property tax discount.—The amendment to subsection (e)
   15  of Section 6 of Article VII relating to the homestead property
   16  tax discount for veterans who became disabled as the result of a
   17  combat injury shall take effect January 1, 2013.
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   19  ====== B A L L O T  S T A T E M E N T  A M E N D M E N T ======
   20         And the ballot statement is amended as follows:
   21         Delete lines 91 - 97
   22  and insert:
   23                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   24                       ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6                      
   25                       ARTICLE XII, SECTION 32                     
   26         VETERANS DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT INJURY; HOMESTEAD PROPERTY
   27  TAX DISCOUNT.—Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article VII
   28  and the creation of Section 32 of Article XII of the State
   29  Constitution to expand the availability of the property discount
   30  on the homesteads of veterans who became disabled as the result
   31  of a combat injury to include those who were not Florida
   32  residents when they entered the military and schedule the
   33  amendment to take effect January 1, 2013.
   34  
   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36         And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete lines 2 - 7
   38  and insert:
   39         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 6
   40         of Article VII and the creation of Section 32 of
   41         Article XII of the State Constitution to expand the
   42         availability of the property tax discount on the
   43         homesteads of veterans who became disabled as the
   44         result of a combat injury to veterans who were not
   45         Florida residents when they entered the military and
   46         to provide an effective date.