Bill Text: FL S1488 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Aerial Photographs and Nonproperty Ownership Maps
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations [S1488 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S1488-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 1488 By Senator Montford 3-01267-16 20161488__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to aerial photographs and nonproperty 3 ownership maps; amending s. 195.022, F.S.; revising 4 the county population thresholds for purposes of 5 identifying the governmental entity responsible for 6 payment of aerial photographs and nonproperty 7 ownership maps; providing an effective date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Section 195.022, Florida Statutes, is amended to 12 read: 13 195.022 Forms to be prescribed by Department of Revenue. 14 The Department of Revenue shall prescribe all forms to be used 15 by property appraisers, tax collectors, clerks of the circuit 16 court, and value adjustment boards in administering and 17 collecting ad valorem taxes. The department shall prescribe a 18 form for each purpose. The county officer shall reproduce forms 19 for distribution at the expense of his or her office. A county 20 officer may use a form other than the form prescribed by the 21 department upon obtaining written permission from the executive 22 director of the department; however, a county officer may not 23 use a form if the substantive content of the form varies from 24 the form prescribed by the department for the same or a similar 25 purpose. If the executive director finds good cause to grant 26 such permission he or she may do so. The county officer may 27 continue to use the approved form until the law that specifies 28 the form is amended or repealed or until the officer receives 29 written disapproval from the executive director. Otherwise, all 30 such officers and their employees shall use the forms, and 31 follow the instructions applicable to the forms, which are 32 prescribed by the department. Upon request of any property 33 appraiser or, in any event, at least once every 3 years, the 34 department shall prescribe and furnish such aerial photographs 35 and nonproperty ownership maps to the property appraisers as 36 necessary to ensure that all real property within the state is 37 properly listed on the roll. All photographs and maps furnished 38 to a county that meets the population thresholds of a rural 39 community in s. 288.0656(2)(e)counties with a population of4025,000 or fewershall be paid for by the department as provided 41 by law. For a county that does not meet those population 42 thresholdscounties with a population greater than 25,000, the 43 department shall furnish such items at the property appraiser’s 44 expense. The department may incur reasonable expenses for 45 procuring aerial photographs and nonproperty ownership maps and 46 may charge a fee to the respective property appraiser equal to 47 the cost incurred. The department shall deposit such fees into 48 the Certification Program Trust Fund created pursuant to s. 49 195.002. There shall be a separate account in the trust fund for 50 the aid and assistance activity of providing aerial photographs 51 and nonproperty ownership maps to property appraisers. The 52 department shall use money in the fund to pay such expenses. All 53 forms and maps and instructions relating to their use must be 54 substantially uniform throughout the state. An officer may 55 employ supplemental forms and maps, at the expense of his or her 56 office, which he or she deems expedient for the purpose of 57 administering and collecting ad valorem taxes. The forms 58 required in ss. 193.461(3)(a) and 196.011(1) for renewal 59 purposes must require sufficient information for the property 60 appraiser to evaluate the changes in use since the prior year. 61 If the property appraiser determines, in the case of a taxpayer, 62 that he or she has insufficient current information upon which 63 to approve the exemption, or if the information on the renewal 64 form is inadequate for him or her to evaluate the taxable status 65 of the property, he or she may require the resubmission of an 66 original application. 67 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.