FL H1141

Creates section 196.173, Florida Statutes, establishing an additional ad valorem tax exemption for servicemembers who receive a homestead exemption and were deployed during the preceding calendar year on active duty outside the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii.

Exemption applies to servicemembers deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (beginning October 7, 2001), Operation Iraqi Freedom (March 19, 2003 - August 31, 2010), or Operation New Dawn (beginning September 1, 2010).

Exemption amount equals the homestead's taxable value multiplied by the number of days of qualifying deployment in the preceding calendar year, divided by the total number of days in that year.

Requires eligible servicemembers to file applications with the property appraiser by March 1 of the year following deployment; property appraisers must consider applications within 30 days of receipt and notify taxpayers of approval or disapproval by July 1.

Department of Military Affairs must submit an annual report by January 15 to the legislature detailing all known military operations outside the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii for which servicemembers were deployed in the previous calendar year.