In response to a Joint Administrative Procedure Committee (JAPC) staff review, the Department is amending the listed rules. The proposed amendment to Rule 12D-9.007, F.A.C., is to remove subsection (15), which does not meet the definition of a rule ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Property Tax Oversight Program

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

12D-9.007Role of the Clerk of the Value Adjustment Board

12D-9.015Petition; Form and Filing Fee

12D-9.019Scheduling and Notice of a Hearing

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: In response to a Joint Administrative Procedure Committee (JAPC) staff review, the Department is amending the listed rules. The proposed amendment to Rule 12D-9.007, F.A.C., is to remove subsection (15), which does not meet the definition of a rule based on a JAPC staff finding. The proposed amendment to Rule 12D-9.015(2)(e), F.A.C., is to implement Section 10 of Chapter 2016-128, L.O.F., which amended Section 194.032(2), F.S., removing the requirement of a check box for the petitioner to request a copy of the property record card on the petition forms. Section 194.032(2)(a), F.S., instructs the property appraiser, when he or she receives a petition from the clerk, to provide a copy of the property record card or notify the petitioner the property record card is available online. The purpose of the proposed amendment to paragraph 12D-9.019(5)(b), F.A.C., is to implement Section 8 of Chapter 2013-109 and Section 2 of Chapter 2012-193, L.O.F., to add amended provisions from Chapter 194, F.S., and remove outdated language. This amendment will allow the value adjustment board (VAB) to hear a petition within a block of time and limit the petitioner’s wait time to two hours after the scheduled time for the hearing to commence. The effect of amending these rules is to have statutorily current procedures for VAB activities and proceedings available to all interested parties.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The subject area of the proposed rule amendments is addressing JAPC findings in the value adjustment board proceedings.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 194.011(5), 194.034(1), 195.027(1), 213.06(1) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 193.155, 194.011, 194.013, 194.015, 194.032, 194.034, 194.035, 194.036, 195.022, 196.151, 197.2425 FS.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: November 1, 2016, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Capital Circle Office Complex, Building 1, Room 1220, 2450 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida

The agenda for this hearing will include specific information about how to participate in this electronic meeting and will be on the Department’s website at http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/legislation/rules/.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Mike Cotton, Property Tax Oversight Program, Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 3000, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3000, at [e-mail] or [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Mike Cotton, Property Tax Oversight Program, Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 3000, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-3000, at [e-mail] or [phone].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.