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Wakulla County attorneys brief commissioners on proposed state property-tax reforms; board asks staff to model two budget scenarios
Summary
The county attorney summarized multiple House proposals to curb or eliminate non-school homestead property taxes and other reforms; commissioners asked staff to prepare two scenario analyses (elimination of all property taxes and elimination of homestead taxes only) and suggested a public workshop to review impacts.
The county attorney briefed the board on language circulating from the Florida House Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and described multiple approaches being discussed, including outright elimination of non-school homestead property taxes, a 10-year phaseout with an added $100,000 exemption, an additional exemption for insured homeowners, changes to portability and assessed-value growth caps, and a proposal to require a two-thirds vote for any tax increase.
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