Florida House Bill 903 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Government Accountability Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Authorizes homestead exemption fraud detection pilot program in specified counties; authorizes those property appraisers to conduct an audit; setting criteria for audit; authorizes board of county commissioners to contract for examination & audit of homestead exemption claims; specifies payment for such contracted services; specifies authorized & prohibited practices for such contractors; specifies property appraiser duties upon determination that person improperly received homestead exemption; specifies time period by which tax lien must be filed; specifies calculation in determining amount of lien; requires unpaid taxes, penalties, fees, & interest to be included in next tax notice; provides methods of collection; specifies governmental entities that may contract for certain services to collect money.

Homestead Exemption Fraud

House Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee

Rep. Robert Cortes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-05	House	Died in Government Accountability Committee
2017-05-05	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2017-04-05	House	Now in Government Accountability Committee
2017-04-05	House	Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
2017-04-03	House	On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 04/05/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
2017-03-30	House	Now in Ways and Means Committee
2017-03-29	House	CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time
2017-03-29	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2017-03-28	House	CS by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
2017-03-24	House	PCS on Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/28/17, 12:00 pm, 12 HOB
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-03-01	House	Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Government Accountability Committee
2017-02-21	House	Filed

S1350 (Similar To) 2017-05-05 - Died in Community Affairs

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
196	141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
196	161		Amended Code	See Bill Text
196	1611		Amended Code	See Bill Text
213	30		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/903
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0903/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/903/BillText/c1/PDF