Arts
Center Saga: How Dade County got the Sears Tower >>
Architectural
designs by Cesar Pelli & Associates; acoustical design
by Russell Johnson, Artec Consultants.
SELECTED
ARTICLES and EVENTS
Commercial
Property Services opens in Miami >>
Arts center will strengthen local
economy >>
Beware the blank check of special
fire fee >> Incorporated by reference in a proclamation
by a major political party, presented to the Miami-Dade
County Commission.
Chairman,
Committee on Fiscal Policy and Resources, House of Representatives,
invited Florida Taxpayers Coalition to suggest modifications
to Sections 192.0105 and 213.015, Florida Statutes - Taxpayers
Bill Of Rights: Annotations, Legislative Proposals >>
www.dos.state.fl.us
>> Florida Cabinet Meetings. Transcript (beginning
pages 54/55). Taxpayers oppose DOR "draft" real
property guidelines.
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July 2000 - Auditor General Report #01-003 http://sun6.dms.state.fl.us/
audgen/ pages/ summaries/a_dor.htm >>
Retailers
Press Tax Fight >>
13
December 2001 and 24 October 2000 Regarding
Instructions To Special Masters >>
20
May 2001 Formal Remarks To Real
Property Roundtable Of Florida Bar >>
23
July 2001 Daily Business Review "Mass
Transportation" >>
Governor
signed SB 2178 - allowing special assessments to fund emergency
medical services (EMS). Courts have ruled repeatedly 1)
special assessments must provide a special benefit to real
property; and, 2) EMS does not provide any benefit to real
property.
FLORIDA
SUPREME COURT opinion on "substantial completion"
does not address the statute in question; rather, the ruling
is about "standing". Hypothetical scenarios all
suggest some taxpayer concerns remain unresolved, adding
more complexities. SC96182 Lawrence Fuchs v. Joel W. Robbins
is at www.flcourts.org
>>. Go to Supreme Court, Clerks Office, Opinions,
Released April 5, 2002.
THIRD
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS anti-taxpayer decision in Monroe
County case affects submission of income statements to Property
Appraisers. There are perceived nuances suggested by several
legal observers. Case 3D01-2675 Higgs v. Good is at www.flcourts.org
>> Go to Other Florida Courts, District Courts
Of Appeals, Third District, Released March 20, 2002.
GOVERNOR
SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL BILL affecting Value Adjustment Board
process. Go to Senate, Bills, SB 1360 at http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm
THE
SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA CASE NO: SC01-1130
>> Tedora v Wal-Mart, and subsequently filed briefs
by property appraisers:
THE
SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA City of North Lauderdale v. SMM
Properties, Inc. http://wfsu.org/gave2gavel(old)transcript/00-1555.htm
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