Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1684
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/31/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Collins) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Present subsection (2) of section 196.24,
    6  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new
    7  subsection (2) is added to that section, read:
    8         196.24 Exemption for disabled ex-servicemember or surviving
    9  spouse; evidence of disability.—
   10         (2) Any ex-servicemember as defined in s. 196.012(19) who
   11  is a bona fide resident of this state, who was discharged under
   12  honorable conditions, and who has been awarded the Purple Heart
   13  medal, or a combat decoration that is superior in precedence to
   14  the Purple Heart, is entitled to the exemption from taxation
   15  provided for in s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution, as
   16  provided in this subsection. Property to the value of $10,000 in
   17  addition to the exemption offered in subsection (1) of such a
   18  person is exempt from taxation. The production by him or her of
   19  proof of being a Purple Heart medal recipient from the United
   20  States Government, the Department of Defense, or any Armed
   21  Service of the United States or its predecessor before the
   22  property appraiser of the county wherein the ex-servicemember’s
   23  property lies is prima facie evidence of the fact that he or she
   24  is entitled to the exemption. The unremarried surviving spouse
   25  of a recipient of such a Purple Heart, or a combat decoration
   26  that is superior in precedence to the Purple Heart, is also
   27  entitled to the exemption.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   33  and insert:
   34                        A bill to be entitled                      
   35         An act relating to property tax exemption of ex
   36         servicemembers; amending s. 196.24, F.S.; providing a
   37         property tax exemption for certain ex-servicemembers
   38         who have been awarded a Purple Heart or certain combat
   39         decorations; providing that the unremarried surviving
   40         spouse is entitled to such exemption; providing an
   41         effective date.