HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-37                                 Bill No. CS for SB 1576
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Paul offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 18, between lines 28 & 29,
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17         Section 9.  Effective January 1, 2002, section 196.24,
18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         196.24  Exemption for disabled ex-service member;
20  evidence of disability of ex-service member; exemption.--Any
21  ex-service member, a bona fide resident of the state, who has
22  been disabled to a degree of 10 percent or more while serving
23  during a period of wartime service as defined in s. 1.01(14),
24  or by misfortune, is entitled to the exemption from taxation
25  provided for in s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State Constitution as
26  provided in this section. Property to the value of $5,000 of
27  such person shall be exempt from taxation.; and The production
28  by him or her of a certificate of disability from the United
29  States Government or the United States Department of Veterans
30  Affairs or its predecessor before the property appraiser of
31  the county wherein the ex-service member's property lies is
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    File original & 9 copies    04/30/01                          
    hbd0016                     02:40 pm         01576-0071-802865

HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-37 Bill No. CS for SB 1576 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 prima facie evidence of the fact that he or she is entitled to 2 such exemption. 3 4 5 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 6 And the title is amended as follows: 7 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title 8 9 and insert in lieu thereof: 10 A bill to be entitled 11 An act relating to ad valorem taxes; amending 12 s. 195.096, F.S.; requiring the Department of 13 Revenue to document and retain records used in 14 the review of assessment rolls; amending s. 15 195.096, F.S., effective for the 2003 tax rolls 16 and subsequent tax rolls; requiring the 17 Department of Revenue to study assessment 18 groups or market areas to assure the 19 representativeness of ratio-study samples; 20 amending s. 197.502, F.S.; authorizing the tax 21 collector to contract with a title abstract 22 company to provide information concerning 23 property described in a tax certificate; 24 authorizing the tax collector to pay a 25 reasonable fee for this information; providing 26 that the amount of any fee paid for this 27 information must be added to the opening bid 28 for a tax deed for the property; amending s. 29 200.069, F.S.; changing the presentation of 30 independent special districts' debt-service 31 levies on notices of proposed property taxes; 2 File original & 9 copies 04/30/01 hbd0016 02:40 pm 01576-0071-802865
HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-37 Bill No. CS for SB 1576 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 amending s. 193.155, F.S.; revising provisions 2 governing assessment of homestead property; 3 amending s. 197.343, F.S.; changing the date 4 for an additional tax notice; amending s. 5 193.461, F.S.; adding boarding of livestock to 6 the list of agricultural purposes; creating the 7 Property Tax Administration Task Force; 8 providing purposes and membership of the task 9 force; requiring periodic reports to the 10 department; amending s. 196.24, F.S.; 11 increasing the amount of the exemption provided 12 under s. 3(b), Art. VII of the State 13 Constitution for certain disabled ex-service 14 members; providing effective dates. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 04/30/01 hbd0016 02:40 pm 01576-0071-802865