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FL S0146
Joint Resolution
Status
8/16/2019
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Brandes
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AI Summary
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Amends Article VII, Section 4 of the Florida Constitution to extend the homestead tax assessment benefit portability period from two years to three years.
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Allows homeowners who establish a new homestead to transfer the accrued "Save-Our-Homes" tax assessment benefit from a prior homestead if they received a homestead exemption in any of the three years immediately preceding the new homestead establishment.
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The transferred benefit applies to homestead properties with just values greater than or equal to the prior homestead, capped at $500,000 reduction in assessed value.
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Creates a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution to establish an effective date of January 1, 2021.
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Requires placement of the amendment on the ballot for voter approval describing the change as increasing the portability period from 2 years to 3 years for Save-Our-Homes benefits.
Legislative Description
Homestead Property Tax Assessments/Increased Portability Period
Last Action
Laid on Table, refer to HJR 369
3/10/2020