House Bill 909

Section 195.052, Florida Statutes, as amended by the 2008 Florida Legislature (Chapter 2008-197, Laws of Florida) requires that the Department of Revenue and all county property appraisers publish certain county and municipal property tax information on their web sites. This law requires the Department of Revenue to publish on its web sites certain non-voted property tax information for county and municipal governments. Within each county, the tables below present the following information for each nonvoted levy by the county and municipal governments Table 1: Comparison of Taxes Levied – County and Municipal Governments Millage Rates and Taxes Levied 2008 Adopted 2009 Rolled-Back (no budget increase) 2009 Adopted Percent Change in Taxes Levied 2009 Adopted from 2008 Adopted 2009 Adopted from 2009 Rolled-Back Rate * * Rolled-Back Rate refers to the tax levies based on last year’s budget and current assessments. Table 2: Distribution of Taxes Levied by Property Type - County and Municipal Governments Table 2 presents the proportion of property taxes paid for each county and municipal nonvoted levy by each of the following property types: Residential real property includes single family residential, real property mobile homes, duplexes, triplexes, other multi-family parcels, residential condominiums and those portions of other types of property which are used as a homestead.  Homestead property Non-Homestead Vacant lots Non-Residential real property includes the following types of property, excluding any portions used as a homestead. Commercial improved and vacant Industrial improved and vacant Institutional/Governmental Agricultural Other (government leasehold interests, miscellaneous and non-agricultural acreage) Tangible Personal Property Railroad property centrally assessed by the state Percent of total taxes levied for New Construction Methodology Provides technical information on the source and calculation methodology of the data presented in the tables.