Senate Bill sb2240

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2240

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-1719A-03                                          See HB 39

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to homestead exemption;

  3         amending s. 196.131, F.S.; providing a penalty

  4         for claiming homestead exemption if the funds

  5         for the home came from fraudulent sources;

  6         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.  Section 196.131, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         196.131  Homestead exemptions; claims.--

13         (1)  At the time each taxpayer files claim for

14  homestead exemption, the property appraiser shall deliver to

15  the taxpayer a receipt over his or her signature, or that of a

16  duly authorized deputy, which shall appropriately identify the

17  property covered in the application, shall bear date as of the

18  day such application is received by the property appraiser,

19  and shall include any serial number or other identifying data

20  desired by said property appraiser. The possession of such

21  receipt shall constitute conclusive proof of the timely filing

22  of such application.

23         (2)  Any person who knowingly and willfully gives false

24  information for the purpose of claiming homestead exemption as

25  provided for in this chapter commits is guilty of a

26  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.

27  775.082 or by fine not exceeding $5,000, or both.

28         (3)  Any person who knowingly and willfully claims

29  homestead exemption on a home that has been paid for, in part

30  or in whole, with funds that are derived from a fraudulent

31  source, such as through corporate fraud, commits a misdemeanor

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2240
    27-1719A-03                                          See HB 39




 1  of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or

 2  by fine not exceeding $5,000, or both. 

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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