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VAB Agenda 01_14_2019 Item # 3A2 2019 Proposed LegislationITEM 3A2 Florida Legislative Session 2019 — Proposed Bills 12/14/2018 House Bill 51 (2019)-The Florida Senate The Florida Senate HB 51: Property Tax Exemptions GENERAL BILL by Sirois Property Tax Exemptions; Increases property tax exemption for residents who are widows, widowers, blind, or totally and permanently disabled. Effective Date: upon becoming a law Last Action: 11/26/2018 House - Filed Bill Text: PDF Bill History Date Chamber Action 11/26/2018 House Filed Related Bills No Related Bills Available Bill Text Version Posted Format H 51 Filed 11/26/2018 4:10 PM PDF Committee Amendments No Committee Amendments Available Floor Amendments No Floor Amendments Available Bill Analyses No Bill Analyses Available Vote History - Committee No Committee Vote History Available Vote History - Floor No Vote History Available Citations - Statutes (1) http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/00051 1/2 12/14/2018 House Bill 51 (2019)-The Florida Senate Location in Bill LocationCitationCatchline In Bill Help 196.202 Property of widows, widowers, blind persons, and persons totally Page 1 (PDF) and permanently disabled. Citations - Constitution (0) No Constitutional citations. Citations - Chapter Law (0) No Chapter Law citations. Disclaimer: The information on this system is unverified.The journals or printed bills of the respective chambers should be consulted for official purposes. Copyright©2000-2018 State of Florida. http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/00051 2/2 FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HB 51 2019 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to property tax exemptions; amending 3 s . 196.202, F. S. ; increasing the property tax 4 exemption for residents who are widows, widowers, 5 blind, or totally and permanently disabled; providing f 6 applicability; providing an effective date. 1 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1 . Subsection (1) of section 196 .202, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 196.202 Property of widows, widowers, blind persons, and 13 persons totally and permanently disabled.- 14 1) Property to the value of $5, 000 $500 of every widow, 15 widower, blind person, or totally and permanently disabled 16 person who is a bona fide resident of this state is exempt from 17 taxation. As used in this section, the term "totally and 18 permanently disabled person" means a person who is currently 19 certified by a physician licensed in this state, by the United 20 States Department of Veterans Affairs or its predecessor, or by 21 the Social Security Administration to be totally and permanently 22 disabled. 23 Section 2 . The amendment made by this act to s . 24 196 . 202 (1) , Florida Statutes, applies to tax years beginning on 25 or after January 1, 2020 . Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb0051-00 FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HB 51 2019 26 Section 3 . This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions;words underlined are additions. hb0051-00