Bill Text: FL S1152 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Tax Discount Percentage Rates

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-03-14 - Died in Community Affairs [S1152 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S1152-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1152
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01251-22                                           20221152__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to tax discount percentage rates;
    3         amending s. 197.162, F.S.; revising the tax discount
    4         percentage rates for all taxes assessed on the county
    5         tax rolls; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 197.162,
   10  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   11         197.162 Tax discount payment periods.—
   12         (1) For all taxes assessed on the county tax rolls and
   13  collected by the county tax collector, discounts for payments
   14  made before delinquency shall be at the rate of 6 4 percent in
   15  the month of November or at any time within 30 days after the
   16  sending of the original tax notice; 5 3 percent in the following
   17  month of December; 4 2 percent in the following month of
   18  January; 3 1 percent in the following month of February; 1 and
   19  zero percent within the first 10 days in the following month of
   20  March; and zero percent after the first 10 days in the following
   21  month of March or within 30 days before the date of delinquency
   22  if the date of delinquency is after April 1.
   23         (3) A discount rate of 6 4 percent applies for 30 days
   24  after the sending of a tax notice resulting from the action of a
   25  value adjustment board when a corrected tax notice is issued
   26  before the taxes become delinquent pursuant to s. 197.333.
   27  Thereafter, the regular discount periods apply.
   28         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.