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| 3 | 3 | | HB 217 2025 |
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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 the property tax exemption for 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | surviving spouses of veterans; amending s. 196.081, 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | F.S.; authorizing the surviving spouses of veterans 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | who predecease the issuance of a certain letter from 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the Federal Government to produce the letter before 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | the property appraiser; providing applicability; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | providing an 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 (2) of section 196.081, Florida 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 196.081 Exemption for certain permanently and totally 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | disabled veterans and for surviving spouses of veterans; 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | exemption for surviving spouses of first responders who die in 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the line of duty.— 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) The production by a veteran or the spouse or surviving 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | spouse of a letter of total and permanent disability from the 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | United States Government or United States Department of Veterans 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Affairs or its predecessor before the property appra iser of the 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | county in which property of the veteran lies is prima facie 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | evidence of the fact that the veteran or the surviving spouse is 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | entitled to the exemption. If a veteran predeceases the issuance 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of such letter, the surviving spouse may produce the l etter 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | HB 217 2025 |
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| 51 | 51 | | before the property appraiser as prima facie evidence of the 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | fact that the surviving spouse is entitled to the exemption. 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Section 2. The amendment to s. 196.081, Florida Statutes, 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | made by this act first applies to the 2026 tax roll. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 30 |
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