Legislation Sponsored by Bowers (8)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 5/8/2024


H 3794 Four percent assessment ratio for an owner that maintains the property for a parentSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the assessment ratio on a residence which an owner maintains for a parent who occupies it as their principal residence to be four percent.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3795 Fee increase applied to millage limitationSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires any fee imposed after July 1, 2011 or any increase in fee, shall apply to the millage limitation.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Finance/Revenue/Taxes
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H 3798 Allows certain municipalities to exempt from property taxesSummary of the bill as introduced: Authorizes a municipality with a population of less than 5,000 to exempt  improvements to commercial property from municipal ad valorem taxation for not more than five years.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3800 Improvements within a one mile radius of a legal residence is considered contiguousSummary of the bill as introduced: Allows property and improvements within a one mile radius of a legal residence that qualifies for the special four percent assessment ratio to be considered contiguous to the legal residence.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3801 Includes vacation time sharing plans in accomodations taxes on transientsSummary of the bill as introduced: Includes accommodations provided to occupants, other than owner occupants pursuant to a vacation time sharing plan.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Accommodations/Hospitality Taxes
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H 3802 Suspension of property taxes on property located in a preservation districtSummary of the bill as introduced: Suspends all municipal property taxes for five years which would otherwise be imposed on new improvements to real property located in a preservation district established by a municipality within its corporate limits./
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3803 Assessment ratio on multiunit residential real propertySummary of the bill as introduced: Requires that multiunit residential real property containing four units or less where each unit occupant occupies as his principal residence on a rental or ownership basis must be taxed at four percent.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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H 3804 Removes point of sale when the beneficial ownership of the property has not changedSummary of the bill as introduced: Excludes an assessable transfer of interest when the beneficial ownership of the property has not changed.
Sponsor: Bowers House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Status Date: 3/3/2011
Keywords: Property Taxes
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