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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: November 5, 2013
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Rick Owen
SUBJECT: Resolution waiving annual renewal of homestead exemption
DEPARTMENT: County Administrator
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Board needs an approved resolution waiving the requirement of an
annual application or statement for an annual homestead exemption after initial application is
made and exemption granted.
BACKGROUND: Florida Statute 196.011(9)(a) states, in part,---- A county may, at the request
of the property appraiser and by a majority vote of its governing body, waive the requirement
that an annual application or statement be made for exemption of property within the county
after an initial application is made and the exemption granted.
At last year’s Value Adjustment Board hearing, the subject of when the “automatic renewal” of
homestead exemptions was first authorized by the BCC. Further research revealed that no record
could be located. Since neither the Property Appraiser nor the Board clerk was able to locate the
document, request the Board approve another resolution that, in arrears if deemed necessary,
waive the requirement, by resolution, that annual applications be made for the exemption of
property within the County after an initial application is made and the exemption granted.
OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove attached resolution.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff recommends approval of resolution waiving the requirement of
an annual application or statement for an annual homestead exemption after initial application is
made and exemption granted.
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator