Item #10 (Attachment: VAB Training Notice) Patricia L. Morgan
From: DORPTO <DORPTO@floridarevenue.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 4:54 PM
To: DORPTO
Subject: 2019 Value Adjustment Board Training
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TO: All Value Adjustment Boards, Special Magistrates, Board Clerks, Board Legal Counsel,
and Other Interested Parties
FROM: Florida Department of Revenue
SUBJECT: 2019 Value Adjustment Board Training
Section 194.035, Florida Statutes, requires the Department of Revenue to provide annual training for
value adjustment board special magistrates. The final 2019 VAB training is available on the
Department's website at http://floridarevenue.com/dor/property/vab/training.html.
In producing the 2019 training materials, the Department amended the 2018 training materials to
reflect 2019 legislative changes. For the reader's benefit, the 2019 legislative changes are in blue text
and are generally introduced by a "New" or`Note" label in red text.
Module 1 contains a summary of recent legislative changes. Various training modules included
throughout the VAB training address these changes where appropriate. Existing rule text affected by
a legislative change is in italicized, red text followed by a "Note" label in red text and a description of
the legislative change.
The VAB training materials also include housekeeping items, such as updated links to online
references; updated adjusted household incomes for the exemptions for low-income seniors and
totally and permanently disabled persons; and corrected citations.
Please send any questions to VABTraining(afloridarevenue.com.
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Value Adjustment Board (VAB) Training
The Department provides this training to comply with section 194.035, Florida Statutes. The information in this
training is not a rule under the laws governing the Florida Administrative Code and does not have the force or effect
of law. It contains information about the law, along with the Department's observations, explanations, examples,
and recommendations, and its purpose is to assist boards, board attorneys, and special magistrates in performing
their duties consistently with Florida law.
Anyone who wants to receive the training must create a Blackboard account and access the training via Blackboard.
To access VAB Training on Blackboard's CourseSites platform, see"Required Steps for Completion" below.
If you have comments or suggestions about this training, please send them to VABTraining@floridarevenue.com.
Value Adjustment Board Orientation
The Department of Revenue has produced an online orientation video for Florida value adjustment board
members. This brief video provides an overview of Florida's property tax system and describes the roles and
responsibilities of board members, board attorneys, board clerks, and special magistrates. This video was
designed for orientation purposes only and is not a replacement for the Department's value adjustment
board training specified in section 194.035(3), F.S.
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Information and instructions for receiving the Department's value adjustment board training specified in
section 194.035(3), F.S.
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• All special magistrates must take the training.
• VAB members or VAB attorneys in counties with populations of 75,000 or fewer that do not use special
magistrates must take the training.
• Individuals who are interested in an appointment as a special magistrate, meet all other qualifications, and
have between three and five years of relevant experience must complete the training together with the exam.
Who may be interested in this training? r
What to expect from this training r
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Required Steps for Completion
Step 1: Log in to Your Blackboard Account" u. ---.,� �.,u Q
Step 1: Click on the course you want to enroll in:
VAB Training for Attorney Special Magistrates
VAB Training for Real Property Appraiser Special Magistrates
VAB Training for Tangible Personal Property Appraiser Special Magistrates
VAB Training for Value Adjustment Board Members and Board Attorneys
Step 2: Log in or Register
For participants who DO NOT HAVE a Blackboard CourseSites account:
• Complete the "About You" and "Create an Account"fields.
• Click the box to accept and agree to the Terms of Use.
• Click the "I'm not a robot" box. Follow the on-screen instructions.
• Click"Submit".
• You should now see your course's home page.
For participants who HAVE a Blackboard CourseSites account:
• Click"Sign In"(located at the top right of the page) or click"Existing users may click this link to sign in" (located
below"Register for CourseSites").
• Log in using the username and password you created when you first signed up for an account.
• You should now see your course's home page.
Click to view detailed instructions with pictures for further help with your Blackboard CourseSites account.
Step 2: Review and Evaluate the Training Materials ►
Step 3: Testing ►
Step 4: Request Your Certificate of Training ►
Value Adjustment Board Training Resources
Document Description Format
Value Adjustment Board Training
2019 VAB Training Modules 1 through 11 PDF(4.9 MB)
Redline Version Changes from the previous VAB training to current
training PDF(750 KB)
List of VAB Members,VAB Attorneys, and Others Who Have Participated in the Value Adjustment Board
Training Course
VAB Training Participants 2018 VAB Training Participants 2018 PDF(48 KB)
VAB Training Participants 2017 VAB Training Participants 2017 =:PDF(49 KB)
VAB Training Participants 2016 VAB Training Participants 2016 t PDF(47 KB)
VAB Training Participants 2015 VAB Training Participants 2015 PDF(44 KB)
Florida Department of Revenue
5050 West Tennessee Street,Tallahassee, FL 32399