Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 7097, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             03/09/2012 12:25 PM       .                                
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       Senator Evers moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 627 and 628
    4  insert:
    5         Section 16. Subsection (6) and paragraph (e) of subsection
    6  (9) of section 196.011, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         196.011 Annual application required for exemption.—
    8         (6)(a) Once an original application for tax exemption has
    9  been granted, in each succeeding year on or before February 1,
   10  the property appraiser shall provide mail a renewal application
   11  to the applicant, and the property appraiser shall accept from
   12  each such applicant a renewal application on a form prescribed
   13  by the Department of Revenue. The property appraiser may send
   14  the renewal application electronically or by postal mail.
   15  Electronic transmission may be used only with the express
   16  consent of the property owner. The Such renewal application must
   17  shall be accepted as evidence of exemption by the property
   18  appraiser unless he or she denies the application. Upon denial,
   19  the property appraiser shall serve, on or before July 1 of each
   20  year, a notice setting forth the grounds for denial on the
   21  applicant by first-class mail. Any applicant objecting to the
   22  such denial may file a petition as provided for in s.
   23  194.011(3).
   24         (b) Once an original application for tax exemption has been
   25  granted under s. 196.26, in each succeeding year on or before
   26  February 1, the property appraiser shall provide mail a renewal
   27  application to the applicant on a form prescribed by the
   28  Department of Revenue. The property appraiser may send the
   29  renewal application electronically or by postal mail. Electronic
   30  transmission may be used only with the express consent of the
   31  property owner. The applicant must certify on the form that the
   32  use of the property complies with the restrictions and
   33  requirements of the conservation easement. The form shall
   34  include a statement that the exemption granted under s. 196.26
   35  will not be renewed unless the application is returned to the
   36  property appraiser.
   37         (9)
   38         (e) If an exemption for which the annual application is
   39  waived pursuant to this subsection will be denied by the
   40  property appraiser in the absence of the refiling of the
   41  application, notification of an intent to deny the exemption
   42  shall be provided mailed to the owner of the property prior to
   43  February 1. The property appraiser may send the notice
   44  electronically or by postal mail. Electronic transmission may be
   45  used only with the express consent of the property owner. If the
   46  property appraiser fails to timely mail or electronically
   47  transmit the such notice, the application deadline for the such
   48  property owner pursuant to subsection (1) shall be extended to
   49  28 days after the date on which the property appraiser mails the
   50  such notice.
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   52  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   53         And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Between lines 74 and 75
   55  insert:
   56         196.011, F.S.; authorizing property appraisers to
   57         deliver, with the property owner’s consent, a renewal
   58         application for tax exemption and a notice of intent
   59         to deny a tax exemption; amending s.