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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 financing qualifying improvements 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | to residential property; amending s. 163.081, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | revising the method of collection of a certain non -ad 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | valorem assessment; conforming provisions to changes 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | made by the act; providing an effective date. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 163.081, Florida Statutes, is ame nded to read: 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 163.081 Financing qualifying improvements to residential 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | property.— 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION. — 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (e) An authorized program administrator may levy non -ad 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | valorem assessments to facilitate repayment of financing 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | qualifying improvements. Costs incurred by the program 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | administrator for such purpose may be collected as a non -ad 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | valorem assessment. A non -ad valorem assessment shall be 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | collected by the authorized program administrator and may not be 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | collected pursuant to s. 197.3632 and, notwithstanding s. 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 197.3632(8)(a), shall not be subject to discount for early 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | payment. However, the notice and adoption requirements of s. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 197.3632(4) do not apply if this section is used and complied 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | with, and the intent resolution, publicat ion of notice, and 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | mailed notices to the property appraiser, tax collector, and 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Department of Revenue required by s. 197.3632(3)(a) may be 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | provided on or before August 15 of each year in conjunction with 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | any non-ad valorem assessment authorized by this sec tion, if the 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | property appraiser, tax collector, and program administrator 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | agree. The program administrator shall only compensate the tax 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | collector for the actual cost of collecting non -ad valorem 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | assessments, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount collected and 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | remitted. 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 35 |
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