Bill's OK would cancel $11M debt

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Bill's OK would cancel $11M debt

Legislation aims to exempt Navy housing company from property taxes

BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com

A bill that would exempt an international development company that partners with the Navy from paying $11.3 million in Monroe County property taxes cleared its first hurdle Tuesday.

The state House of Representatives' Veterans and Military Affairs Committee approved House Bill 531 unanimously, 13-0.

House Bill 531, and its Senate companion Bill 354,...

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Thanks Holly

Submitted on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 4:03pm by 666

Your first chance to vote for something important to Key West and you vote the party line. It didn't take long, did it?

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Unconstitutional

Submitted on Thu, 02/21/2013 - 12:29am by KeyWestDan

This sounds like a special or local law, rather than a general law, and would therefore be unconstitutional under the Florida Constitution. The real estate company is a "closed class" and this law the legislature is trying to pass to help a single company would be constitutionally illegal. I wish the Citizen had a real legal writer would can write on these things.