Senate Bill 0830
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Florida Senate - 1998 SB 830
By Senator Cowin
11-848-98
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to homestead tax exemptions;
3 amending s. 196.011, F.S.; deleting
4 requirements for social security numbers to be
5 included on applications for homestead
6 exemptions; providing an effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Subsections (1), (11), and (12) of section
11 196.011, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
12 196.011 Annual application required for exemption.--
13 (1)(a) Every person or organization who, on January 1,
14 has the legal title to real or personal property, except
15 inventory, which is entitled by law to exemption from taxation
16 as a result of its ownership and use shall, on or before March
17 1 of each year, file an application for exemption with the
18 county property appraiser, listing and describing the property
19 for which exemption is claimed and certifying its ownership
20 and use. The Department of Revenue shall prescribe the forms
21 upon which the application is made. Failure to make
22 application, when required, on or before March 1 of any year
23 shall constitute a waiver of the exemption privilege for that
24 year, except as provided in subsection (7) or subsection (8).
25 (b) The form to apply for an exemption under s.
26 196.031, s. 196.081, s. 196.091, s. 196.101, or s. 196.202
27 must include a space for the applicant to list the social
28 security number of the applicant and of the applicant's
29 spouse, if any. If an applicant files a timely and otherwise
30 complete application, and omits the required social security
31 numbers, the application is incomplete. In that event, the
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1 property appraiser shall contact the applicant, who may refile
2 a complete application by April 1. Failure to file a complete
3 application by that date constitutes a waiver of the exemption
4 privilege for that year, except as provided in subsection (7)
5 or subsection (8).
6 (11) For exemptions enumerated in paragraph (1)(b),
7 granted for the 2000 tax year and thereafter, social security
8 numbers of the applicant and the applicant's spouse, if any,
9 are required and must be submitted to the department.
10 Applications filed pursuant to subsection (5) or subsection
11 (6) may be required to include social security numbers of the
12 applicant and the applicant's spouse, if any, and shall
13 include such information if filed for the 2000 tax year or
14 thereafter. For counties where the annual application
15 requirement has been waived, property appraisers may require
16 refiling of an application to obtain such information.
17 (11)(12) Notwithstanding subsection (1), when the
18 owner of property otherwise entitled to a religious exemption
19 from ad valorem taxation fails to timely file an application
20 for exemption, and because of a misidentification of property
21 ownership on the property tax roll the owner is not properly
22 notified of the tax obligation by the property appraiser and
23 the tax collector, the owner of the property may file an
24 application for exemption with the property appraiser. The
25 property appraiser must consider the application, and if he or
26 she determines the owner of the property would have been
27 entitled to the exemption had the property owner timely
28 applied, the property appraiser must grant the exemption. Any
29 taxes assessed on such property shall be canceled, and if
30 paid, refunded. Any tax certificates outstanding on such
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1 property shall be canceled and refund made pursuant to s.
2 197.432(10).
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.
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6 SENATE SUMMARY
7 Deletes a requirement that an applicant for homestead tax
exemption must provide his or her social security number.
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