| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to verification of eligibility for 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | homestead exemption; creating s. 196.092, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | requiring the Department of Revenue to provide a form 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | for a specified purpose; authorizing property 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | appraisers to provide tentative verification of 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | eligibility for specified exemptions and discounts 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | under certain conditions; requiring such form to 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | indicate specified information; prohibiting specified 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | decisions from certain review; providing an effective 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | date. 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Section 196.092, Florida Statutes, is created 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | to read: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 196.092 Verification of eligibility for certain disabled 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | veterans and surviving spouses. —The Department of Revenue shall 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provide a form that a county property appraiser may use, at his 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | or her discretion, to provide a person with tentative 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | verification of such person's eligibility to receive an 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | exemption or a discount und er s. 196.081, s. 196.082, or s. 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 196.091, after submission by such person of the forms, 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | documentation, and other proof necessary to qualify for the 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | relevant exemption or discount after purchase of a homestead 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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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| 51 | 51 | | property. The form must indicate that such tent ative 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | verification of eligibility is not binding upon the county 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | property appraiser and that the person must comply with the 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | annual application requirements of s. 196.011 and the 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | requirements of s. 196.081, s. 196.082, or s. 196.091 in order 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | to receive the exemption or discount authorized by those 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | provisions. Decisions by a county property appraiser regarding 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | whether to consider a request for tentative verification of 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | eligibility for an exemption under this section; or a person's 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | apparent eligibility to rec eive an exemption or a discount under 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | s. 196.081, s. 196.082, or s. 196.091 after submission by such 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | person of the forms, documentation, and other proof necessary to 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | qualify for the relevant exemption or discount after purchase of 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | a homestead property; are not subject to administrative or 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | judicial review under chapter 194. 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 41 |
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