Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 218
       
       
        
       By Senator Arrington
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to tax exemption for disabled ex
    3         servicemembers; amending s. 196.24, F.S.; increasing
    4         the value of a tax exemption for certain disabled ex
    5         servicemembers; providing an effective date.
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    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 196.24, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         196.24 Exemption for disabled ex-servicemember or surviving
   12  spouse; evidence of disability.—
   13         (1) Any ex-servicemember, as defined in s. 196.012, who is
   14  a bona fide resident of the state, who was discharged under
   15  honorable conditions, and who has been disabled to a degree of
   16  10 percent or more by misfortune or while serving during a
   17  period of wartime service as defined in s. 1.01(14) is entitled
   18  to the exemption from taxation provided for in s. 3(b), Art. VII
   19  of the State Constitution as provided in this section. Property
   20  to the value of $10,000 $5,000 of such a person is exempt from
   21  taxation. The production by him or her of a certificate of
   22  disability from the United States Government or the United
   23  States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor before
   24  the property appraiser of the county wherein the ex
   25  servicemember’s property lies is prima facie evidence of the
   26  fact that he or she is entitled to the exemption. The
   27  unremarried surviving spouse of such a disabled ex-servicemember
   28  is also entitled to the exemption.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.