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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 tax exemption for disabled ex -2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | servicemembers; amending s. 196.24, F.S.; increasing 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | the value of a tax exemption for certain disabled ex-4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | servicemembers; providing an effective date. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 196.24, Florida 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 196.24 Exemption for disabled ex -servicemember or 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | surviving spouse; evidence of disability. — 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) Any ex-servicemember, as defined in s. 196.012, who is 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | a bona fide resident of the state, who was discharged under 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | honorable conditions, and who has been disabled to a degree of 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 10 percent or more by misfortune o r while serving during a 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | period of wartime service as defined in s. 1.01(14) is entitled 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to the exemption from taxation provided for in s. 3(b), Art. VII 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the State Constitution as provided in this section. Property 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to the value of $10,000 $5,000 of such a person is exempt from 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | taxation. The production by him or her of a certificate of 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | disability from the United States Government or the United 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor before 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the property appraiser of the county wherein the ex-24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | servicemember's property lies is prima facie evidence of the 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | fact that he or she is entitled to the exemption. The 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | unremarried surviving spouse of such a disabled ex -servicemember 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | is also entitled to the exemption. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Section 2. This act shall take eff ect July 1, 2024. 29 |
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