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PACE financiers urge St. Lucie County to place court-validated assessments on tax roll
Summary
Two PACE financiers told the county commission that courts upheld PACE bond validation and urged the tax collector and county to place roughly 185 assessments on the tax roll before the March tax deadline so affected homeowners can plan for payments.
Chris Nard, founder of Fortify Financial, told the St. Lucie County Commission during general public comment that his company performed hundreds of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) assessments in the county and that local officials and the tax collector had unsuccessfully challenged those assessments in court. "They lost that lawsuit in Tallahassee March 2024," Nard said, and he added that the Florida Supreme Court later upheld the lower court on Dec. 15, 2024. He urged staff and the tax…
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