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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to ad valorem tax exemption for 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | nonprofit homes for the aged; amending s. 196.1975, 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | F.S.; revising ownership entities for certain 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | nonprofit homes qualifying for an exemption from ad 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | valorem taxation to include certain limited 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | partnerships; providing applicability; providing an 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Subsection (1 ) of section 196.1975, Florida 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 196.1975 Exemption for property used by nonprofit homes 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | for the aged.—Nonprofit homes for the aged are exempt to the 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | extent that they meet the following criteria: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) The applicant must be a corporation not for profit 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | under pursuant to chapter 617 or a Florida limited partnership, 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the sole general partner of which is a corporation not for 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | profit under pursuant to chapter 617 or an entity not licensed 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | under chapter 429 and wholly owned by a cor poration not for 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | profit under chapter 617 , and the corporation not for profit 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | must have been exempt as of January 1 of the year for which 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | exemption from ad valorem property taxes is requested from 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | federal income taxation by having qualified as an exempt 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | charitable organization under the provisions of s. 501(c)(3) of 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or of the corresponding 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | section of a subsequently enacted federal revenue act. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 196.1975(1), Florida Statute s, first apply to the 2025 ad 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | valorem tax roll. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025. 32 |
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