Bill Text: FL S0922 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Renewable Energy Source Devices
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Rules [S0922 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0922-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 922 By Senator Brandes 22-00982B-14 2014922__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to renewable energy source devices; 3 amending s. 193.624, F.S.; prohibiting consideration 4 by a property appraiser of the increased value of real 5 property due to the installation of a renewable energy 6 source device by an end-use customer; revising the 7 definition of the term “renewable energy source 8 device”; providing for applicability; providing a 9 contingent effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Section 193.624, Florida Statutes, is amended to 14 read: 15 193.624 Assessment of realresidentialproperty.— 16 (1) As used in this section, the term “renewable energy 17 source device” means any of the following equipment installed by 18 an end-use customer that collects, transmits, stores, or uses 19 solar energy, wind energy, or energy derived from geothermal 20 deposits and that is primarily intended to offset part or all of 21 that end-use customer’s electricity demands: 22 (a) Solar energy collectors, photovoltaic modules, and 23 inverters. 24 (b) Storage tanks and other storage systems, excluding 25 swimming pools used as storage tanks. 26 (c) Rockbeds. 27 (d) Thermostats and other control devices. 28 (e) Heat exchange devices. 29 (f) Pumps and fans. 30 (g) Roof ponds. 31 (h) Freestanding thermal containers. 32 (i) Pipes, ducts, refrigerant handling systems, and other 33 equipment used to interconnect such systems; however, such 34 equipment does not include conventional backup systems of any 35 type. 36 (j) Windmills and wind turbines. 37 (k) Wind-driven generators. 38 (l) Power conditioning and storage devices that use wind 39 energy to generate electricity or mechanical forms of energy. 40 (m) Pipes and other equipment used to transmit hot 41 geothermal water to a dwelling or structure from a geothermal 42 deposit. 43 (2) In determining the assessed value of real propertyused44for residential purposes, an increase in the just value of the 45 property attributable to the installation of a renewable energy 46 source device may not be considered. 47 (3) This section applies to new and existing residential 48 real property upon whichthe installation ofa renewable energy 49 source device was installed on or after January 1, 2013, and to 50 all other real property as set forth in this section upon which 51 such a device is installed on or after January 1, 2015to new52and existing residential real property. 53 Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 193.624, 54 Florida Statutes, apply to assessments beginning January 1, 55 2015. 56 Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015, if 57 SJR ____, or a similar joint resolution having substantially the 58 same specific intent and purpose, is approved by the electors at 59 the general election to be held in November 2014 or at an 60 earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that 61 purpose.