Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7062
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/25/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Martin) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 2542 and 2543
    4  insert:
    5         Section 48. (1) By October 1, 2023, a tax collector in a
    6  county that was required to refund property taxes to residential
    7  property owners pursuant to chapter 2022-272, Laws of Florida,
    8  may apply to the Department of Revenue for reimbursement of the
    9  property taxes refunded.
   10         (2) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules to implement
   11  this section, including, but not limited to, prescribing the
   12  form for applying for a refund and specifying the documentation
   13  required to substantiate the amount of the refund.
   14         (3) For fiscal year 2023-2024, the sum of $35 million is
   15  appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of
   16  Revenue for the purpose of issuing the reimbursements under this
   17  section.
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   20  And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 206
   22  and insert:
   23         adopt emergency rules; authorizing tax collectors in
   24         certain counties to apply to the Department of Revenue
   25         for reimbursement of refunded property taxes;
   26         authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt rules;
   27         providing an appropriation; providing effective dates.