Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 172
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/08/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Finance and Tax (Polsky) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 14 - 25
    4  and insert:
    5  provide a form that a county property appraiser may use, at his
    6  or her discretion, to provide a person with tentative
    7  verification of that person’s eligibility to receive an
    8  exemption or a discount under s. 196.081, s. 196.082, or s.
    9  196.091, after submission by a person of the forms,
   10  documentation, and other proof necessary to qualify for the
   11  relevant exemption or discount after purchase of a homestead
   12  property. The form must indicate that such tentative
   13  verification of eligibility is not binding upon the county
   14  property appraiser and that the person must comply with the
   15  annual application requirements of s. 196.011 and the
   16  requirements of s. 196.081, s. 196.082, or s. 196.091 in order
   17  to receive the exemption or discount authorized by those
   18  provisions. Decisions by a county property appraiser regarding
   19  whether to consider a request for tentative verification of
   20  eligibility for an exemption under this section; or a person’s
   21  apparent eligibility to receive an exemption or a discount under
   22  s. 196.081, s. 196.082, or s. 196.091 after submission by a
   23  person of the forms, documentation, and other proof necessary to
   24  qualify for the relevant exemption or discount after purchase of
   25  a homestead property; are not subject to administrative or
   26  judicial review under chapter 194.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 4 - 5
   31  and insert:
   32         requiring the Department of Revenue to provide a
   33         specified form that county property appraisers may use
   34         to provide tentative verification of persons’
   35         eligibility for specified exemptions after purchasing
   36         homestead property; providing a requirement for such
   37         form; providing that certain decisions are not subject
   38         to administrative or judicial review;