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