Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7032
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  05/08/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Altman) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 196.082,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         196.082 Discounts for disabled veterans.—
    8         (1) Each veteran who is age 65 or older and is partially or
    9  totally permanently disabled shall receive a discount from the
   10  amount of the ad valorem tax otherwise owed on homestead
   11  property that the veteran owns and resides in if:
   12         (a) The disability was combat-related;
   13         (b) The veteran was a resident of this state at the time of
   14  entering the military service of the United States; and
   15         (b)(c) The veteran was honorably discharged upon separation
   16  from military service.
   17         (3) To qualify for the discount granted under this section,
   18  an applicant must submit to the county property appraiser by
   19  March 1:
   20         (a) Proof of residency at the time of entering military
   21  service;
   22         (a)(b) An official letter from the United States Department
   23  of Veterans Affairs which states the percentage of the veteran’s
   24  service-connected disability and evidence that reasonably
   25  identifies the disability as combat-related;
   26         (b)(c) A copy of the veteran’s honorable discharge; and
   27         (c)(d) Proof of age as of January 1 of the year to which
   28  the discount applies will apply.
   29  
   30  An Any applicant who is qualified to receive a discount under
   31  this section and who fails to file an application by March 1 may
   32  file an application for the discount and may file, pursuant to
   33  s. 194.011(3), a petition with the value adjustment board
   34  requesting that the discount be granted. Such application and
   35  petition is shall be subject to the same procedures as for
   36  exemptions under set forth in s. 196.011(8).
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013, and
   38  operate retroactively to January 1, 2013.
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   40  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   41         And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   43  and insert:
   44                        A bill to be entitled                      
   45         An act relating to homestead property tax exemptions;
   46         amending s. 196.082, F.S.; deleting a requirement that
   47         a disabled veteran be a resident of this state at the
   48         time of entering military service in order to receive
   49         a discount on the ad valorem tax owed on his or her
   50         homestead property; providing for retroactivity;
   51         providing an effective date.