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FL S1128

Bill

Status

Failed

3/11/2016

Primary Sponsor

Nancy Detert

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits individual and corporate bidders from submitting multiple bids for the same tax certificate or using multiple federal employer identification numbers to place multiple bids.

  • Establishes a 2-year ban from county tax certificate sales for bidders found in violation of the multiple bidding restriction.

  • Defines "individual bidder" and "corporate bidder entity" to include various business structures and specifies that entities sharing contractual, legal, or financial relationships are considered a single bidder.

  • Authorizes individual counties to set their own interest rates on real property taxes and tax certificates, replacing the statewide 18 percent annual rate.

  • Requires each county to annually set interest rates on tax certificates for the following calendar year, with a minimum 3 percent charge for delinquent taxes paid before certificate sale.

Legislative Description

Sales of Tax Certificates for Unpaid Taxes

Last Action

Died in Community Affairs

3/11/2016

Committee Referrals

Community Affairs1/5/2016

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