Florida Florida Statutes

§ 194.015 — Value adjustment board

FS § 194.015Ch. 194

Statute text

There is hereby created a value adjustment board for each county, which shall consist of two members of the governing body of the county as elected from the membership ofl the unpaid amount is paid. If the value adjustment board or the property appraiser determines that a refund is due, the overpaid amount accrues interest at an annual percentage rate equal to the bank prime loan rate on July 1, or the first business day thereafter if July 1 is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, of the tax year, beginning on the date the taxes would have become delinquent pursuant to s. 197.333 until a refund is paid. Interest on an overpayment related to a petition shall be funded proportionately by each taxing authority that was overpaid. Interest does not accrue on amounts paid in excess of 100 percent of the current taxes due as provided on the tax notice issued pursuant to s. 197.322. For purposes of this subsection, the term “bank prime loan rate” means the average predominant prime rate quoted by commercial banks to large businesses as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(3)This section does not apply to petitions for ad valorem tax deferrals pursuant to chapter 197.

Legislative history

s. 1, ch. 2011-181; s. 9, ch. 2016-128; s. 9, ch. 2025-208.