(1) The board of county commissioners of each county of the state be and it is hereby given full power and authority to cancel and discharge any and all liens for taxes, delinquent or current, held or owned by the county or the state, upon lands, heretofore or hereafter, conveyed to, or acquired by any agency, governmental subdivision or municipality of the state, or the United States, for road purposes, defense purposes, recreation, reforestation or other public use; and said lands shall be exempt from county taxation so long as the same are used for such public purpose.
(2) Such cancellation shall be by resolution of the board of county commissioners, duly adopted and entered upon its minutes, properly describing such lands, and setting forth the public use to which the same are, or will be, devoted. Upon receipt of a certified copy of such resolution, the proper officials of the county, and of the state, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to make proper entries upon the records to accomplish such cancellation and to do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, and to make the same effective, this section being their authority so to do.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 22845, 1945; ss. 1, 2, ch. 69-55.
Note.—Former s. 192.59.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XIV - Taxation and Finance
196.001 - Property Subject to Taxation.
196.011 - Annual Application Required for Exemption.
196.015 - Permanent Residency; Factual Determination by Property Appraiser.
196.021 - Tax Returns to Show All Exemptions and Claims.
196.031 - Exemption of Homesteads.
196.041 - Extent of Homestead Exemptions.
196.061 - Rental of Homestead to Constitute Abandonment.
196.071 - Homestead Exemptions; Claims by Members of Armed Forces.
196.075 - Additional Homestead Exemption for Persons 65 and Older.
196.082 - Discounts for Disabled Veterans; Surviving Spouse Carryover.
196.091 - Exemption for Disabled Veterans Confined to Wheelchairs.
196.095 - Exemption for a Licensed Child Care Facility Operating in an Enterprise Zone.
196.101 - Exemption for Totally and Permanently Disabled Persons.
196.121 - Homestead Exemptions; Forms.
196.131 - Homestead Exemptions; Claims.
196.141 - Homestead Exemptions; Duty of Property Appraiser.
196.151 - Homestead Exemptions; Approval, Refusal, Hearings.
196.171 - Homestead Exemptions; City Officials.
196.173 - Exemption for Deployed Servicemembers.
196.181 - Exemption of Household Goods and Personal Effects.
196.182 - Exemption of Renewable Energy Source Devices.
196.183 - Exemption for Tangible Personal Property.
196.185 - Exemption of Inventory.
196.192 - Exemptions From Ad Valorem Taxation.
196.193 - Exemption Applications; Review by Property Appraiser.
196.194 - Value Adjustment Board; Notice; Hearings; Appearance Before the Board.
196.195 - Determining Profit or Nonprofit Status of Applicant.
196.1961 - Exemption for Historic Property Used for Certain Commercial or Nonprofit Purposes.
196.1975 - Exemption for Property Used by Nonprofit Homes for the Aged.
196.1976 - Provisions of Ss. 196.197(1) or (2) and 196.1975; Severability.
196.1977 - Exemption for Property Used by Proprietary Continuing Care Facilities.
196.1978 - Affordable Housing Property Exemption.
196.198 - Educational Property Exemption.
196.1983 - Charter School Exemption From Ad Valorem Taxes.
196.1985 - Labor Organization Property Exemption.
196.1986 - Community Centers Exemption.
196.1987 - Biblical History Display Property Exemption.
196.199 - Government Property Exemption.
196.1993 - Certain Agreements With Local Governments for Use of Public Property; Exemption.
196.1995 - Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption.
196.1996 - Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption; Effect of Ch. 94-136.
196.1997 - Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions for Historic Properties.
196.1998 - Additional Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions for Historic Properties Open to the Public.
196.1999 - Space Laboratories and Carriers; Exemption.
196.2001 - Not-for-Profit Sewer and Water Company Property Exemption.
196.2002 - Exemption for S. 501(c)(12) Not-for-Profit Water and Wastewater Systems.
196.202 - Property of Widows, Widowers, Blind Persons, and Persons Totally and Permanently Disabled.
196.24 - Exemption for Disabled Ex-Servicemember or Surviving Spouse; Evidence of Disability.
196.26 - Exemption for Real Property Dedicated in Perpetuity for Conservation Purposes.
196.28 - Cancellation of Delinquent Taxes Upon Lands Used for Road Purposes, Etc.
196.31 - Taxes Against State Properties; Notice.
196.32 - Executive Office of the Governor; Consent Required to Certain Assessments.