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Adoption of the proposed Property Tax Oversight Program rules listed below. Notices of Proposed Rule were published for these rules in the April 6, 2012 (Vol. 38, No. 14, pp. 1384-1407), edition of the Florida Administrative Weekly (FAW). Subsequently, the Department held a public hearing on May 1, 2012, at which the public offered comments and suggestions. After considering these comments, the Department published Notices of Change in the FAW on May 18, May 25, June 1, and June 8, 2012 for several of these rules. The Department had previously held rule development workshops on July 19 and 20, 2011, at which the public offered comments and suggestions. The July workshops were noticed in the July 1, 2011 (Vol. 37, No. 26, pp. 1785-1792), edition of the FAW. The rules that will be heard at the August 21, 2012 public hearing include: 12D-1.009, F.A.C. (Mapping Requirements); 12D-1.010, F.A.C. (Reconciliation of Interim Tax Rolls – Form of Notification); 12D-2.001, F.A.C. (Definitions); 12D-5.004, F.A.C. (Applicability of Other Factors to Classification of Agricultural Lands); 12D-5.014 F.A.C. (Conservation Easement, Environmentally Endangered or Outdoor Recreational or Park Property Assessed Under Section 193.501, F.S.); 12D-7.0055, F.A.C. (Exemption for Deployed Servicemembers); 12D-7.006, F.A.C. (Exemption for Totally and Permanently Disabled Persons); 12D-7.013, F.A.C. (Homestead Exemptions-Abandonment); 12D-7.0142, F.A.C. (Additional Homestead Exemption Pursuant to Section 196.031(1)(b), Florida Statutes); 12D-7.0143, F.A.C. (Additional Homestead Exemption Up To $50,000 for Persons 65 and Older Whose Household Income Does Not Exceed $20,000 Per Year); 12D-7.019, F.A.C. (Tangible Personal Property Exemption); 12D-7.020, F.A.C. (Real Property Dedicated in Perpetuity for Conservation); 12D-8.0061, F.A.C. (Assessments; Homestead Property Assessments at Just Value); 12D-8.00659, F.A.C. (Notice of Change of Ownership or Control of Non-Homestead Property); 12D-8.022, F.A.C. (Reporting of Fiscal Data by Fiscally Constrained Counties to the Department of Revenue); 12D-9.015, F.A.C. (Petition; Form and Filing Fee); 12D-9.036, F.A.C. (Procedures for Petitions on Denials of Tax Deferrals); 12D-16.001, F.A.C. (Administration of Forms); 12D-16.002, F.A.C. (Index to Forms); 12D-17.004, F.A.C. (Taxing Authority’s Certification of Compliance; Notification by Department); 12D-17.005, F.A.C. (Taxing Authorities in Violation of Section 200.065, Florida Statutes); 12D-17.006, F.A.C. (Notification of Noncompliance; Withholding and Escrow of State Revenue Sharing Funds); and 12D-18.012, F.A.C. (Tax Collector Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll Reports).