Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1328
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             03/08/2018 03:53 PM       .                                
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       Senator Gibson moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (831412) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         After line 515
    5  insert:
    6         Section 16. Section 423.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    7  read:
    8         423.02 Housing projects exempted from taxes and
    9  assessments; payments in lieu thereof.—The housing projects,
   10  including all property of housing authorities used for or in
   11  connection therewith or appurtenant thereto, of housing
   12  authorities, or their nonprofit instrumentalities as authorized
   13  by s. 421.08(8), shall be exempt from all taxes and special
   14  assessments of the state or any city, town, county, or political
   15  subdivision of the state, provided, however, that in lieu of
   16  such taxes or special assessments, a housing authority or its
   17  nonprofit instrumentality may agree to make payments to any
   18  city, town, county, or political subdivision of the state for
   19  services, improvements, or facilities furnished by such city,
   20  town, county, or political subdivision for the benefit of a
   21  housing project owned by the housing authority or its nonprofit
   22  instrumentality, but in no event shall such payments exceed the
   23  estimated cost to such city, town, county, or political
   24  subdivision of the services, improvements, or facilities to be
   25  so furnished. A city, town, county, or political subdivision of
   26  the state may not rename, modify terminology, or otherwise
   27  change a tax or assessment with the intent to circumvent the
   28  exemption provided under this section, which must be interpreted
   29  broadly to protect housing authorities or their nonprofit
   30  instrumentalities from taxation or assessment.
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete line 576
   35  and insert:
   36         circumstances; amending s. 423.02, F.S.; exempting
   37         certain nonprofit instrumentalities from all taxes and
   38         special assessments of the state or any city, town,
   39         county, or political subdivision of the state;
   40         authorizing such a nonprofit instrumentality to agree
   41         to make payments to any city, town, county, or
   42         political subdivision of the state for services,
   43         improvements, or facilities furnished by such city,
   44         town, county, or political subdivision for the benefit
   45         of a certain housing project; prohibiting a city,
   46         town, county, or political subdivision of the state
   47         from renaming, modifying terminology, or otherwise
   48         changing a tax or assessment with the intent to
   49         circumvent the exemption provided under this section;
   50         providing construction;