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Florida Property Tax News: Property Tax Reform Committee Proceedings

Very much in the news these days are the public meetings of the Florida Property Tax Reform Committee. The Committee was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush. The Committee is holding hearings around the state, seeking public input.

Eight meetings are scheduled in various locations across the state. On February 13, 2007, the Legislative Hearings on Property Tax Reform were held in Miami. The author of this article attended, both to hear what others had to say and to put in his own two cents worth.

The Committee's Charge

The Committee was charged with responsibility to consider, at a minimum, the following:

• Consequences of property tax exemptions and assessment differentials;
• Appropriateness, affordability and economic consequences of property taxation levels in Florida;
• Alternative methods of assessment, including, but not limited to, split-rate and land value taxation;
• Replacement alternatives to property taxation as sources of public funding, including increased sales taxes; and
• Limitations on local government revenue and expenditures.

Topics Addressed

Topics addressed at preliminary sessions of the Property Tax Reform Committee and at Legislative Hearings on Property Tax Reform convened at Panama City, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, include the following ideas:

• Assess business property based on current use only, instead of "highest and best use" value.
• Cap tax revenue growth for individual local governments.
• Cap tax increases on individual properties or classes of property.
• Full or partial replacement of the property tax with other forms of taxation.
• Assess properties using a moving average value of several years' assessments instead of using just the current year's value.
• Simplify the "Truth in Millage" annual notice of proposed property taxes to be more easily understood by taxpayers.
• Increase the amount of homestead exemption and/or index it by percentage of value.
• Institute "portability" or transferability within Florida of the Save Our Homes cap, in whole or in part.
• Phase-out the Save Our Homes tax preference.
• Partial-year assessments of improvements to real property.
• Improve or limit agricultural use classification regulations.
• Protect homestead-related property tax benefits when property is taken for public use by eminent domain.
• Protect homestead-related property tax benefits upon relocation required by military service.

Further Proceedings

A preliminary report was issued by the Committee in December 2006. A mid-term report is due on or before March 1, 2007, and a final report no later than December 1, 2007. Ultimately, the Committee is charged with responsibility to issue recommendations to improve property taxation in Florida through a comprehensive approach, with an emphasis on simplifying the system for all taxpayers.

The responsibility with which the Committee is tasked is fraught with difficulty, since any adjustment to the current system has repercussions throughout the remainder of the property tax administration system of the State. Think of it as a water balloon; if you squeeze one side, the volume of water displaced expands the rest of the balloon. The metaphor is not exactly Archimedean, but it does give you a visual image of the problems involved.

Notably, most of the changes being considered may require a constitutional amendment before implementation. This means that the most the Legislature can do is propose constitutional amendments. After that, it will be up to the voters of the State of Florida whether the proposals will be adopted.

Daniel A. Weiss is an attorney with 25 years of property tax experience and was recently named one of the "Top Lawyers" by the South Florida Legal Guide, 2007 Annual Edition. For more information go to:http://www.tannebaumweiss.com/property_tax.phpDaniel A. Weiss is an attorney with 25 years of property tax experience and was recently named one of the "Top Lawyers" by the South Florida Legal Guide. For more information go to:http://www.tannebaumweiss.com

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Suffused with the romance of flight and the harsh realities of aerial combat, Rogers's letters to his fiancee, Isabelle Young, vividly detail his wartime experiences against a lethal and elusive opponent exemplified by the likes of Baron von Richthofen's Flying Circus. The son of controversial Los Angeles attorney Earl Rogers ( the greatest jury lawyer of his time , claimed Clarence Darrow) and brother to pioneering Hearst journalist Adela Rogers St. Johns, Bogart made his mark in the Great War. Of the 300-plus Americans who joined the British air corps in 1917, only Rogers and two dozen other volunteers became aces by shooting down five or more German planes. He himself claimed six kills in fighting during the Second Battle of the Marne, the Somme Offensive, dogfights over Cambrai, dashes at Ypres and Lys, and six other major engagements. Rogers also had a definite flair for writing, one that launched his postwar career as a journalist and screenwriter in Hollywood. The letters in this volume are a striking testament to that skill. Lucid, reflective, highly articulate, and touched with flashes of humor, they illuminate the challenges of aviation training, daily life at the aerodrome, the liberating wonders of flight, and the sobering truths of a devastating war. They also reflect Rogers's constant longing for his future bride Izzy (who celebrated her ninety-ninth birthday in 1996).