Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1830
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/24/2013 09:44 AM .
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Senator Simpson moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 207 and 208
4 insert:
5 Section 5. Subsection (7) of section 193.461, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 193.461 Agricultural lands; classification and assessment;
8 mandated eradication or quarantine program.—
9 (7) Lands classified for assessment purposes as
10 agricultural lands which are taken out of production by a any
11 state or federal eradication or quarantine program, or which are
12 converted to serve a water retention or attenuation purpose,
13 shall continue to be classified as agricultural lands for the
14 duration of such program or use or successor programs. Lands
15 under these programs which are converted to fallow, or otherwise
16 nonincome-producing uses shall continue to be classified as
17 agricultural lands and shall be assessed at a de minimis value
18 of up to no more than $50 per acre, on a single year assessment
19 methodology; however, lands converted to other income-producing
20 agricultural uses permissible under such programs shall be
21 assessed pursuant to this section. Land under a mandated
22 eradication or quarantine program which is diverted from an
23 agricultural to a nonagricultural use shall be assessed under s.
24 193.011.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
28 Between lines 18 and 19
29 insert:
30 193.461, F.S.; providing that agricultural land that
31 is converted to serve a water retention or attenuation
32 purpose shall continue to be classified as
33 agricultural land for tax assessment purposes;
34 amending s.