Senate Sponsors: KLEMM-HENDON-GARCIA AND DILLARD. House Sponsors: PARKE-MCGUIRE-MCKEON-SMITH,MICHAEL-ERWIN Short description: PROP TX-SR CIT EXEMPT-ILLNESS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that if an applicant for the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption fails to file the application in a timely manner and the failure to file was due to a mental or physical condition sufficiently severe so as to render the applicant incapable of filing the application in a timely manner, the Chief County Assessment Officer may extend the filing deadline for a period of 30 days after the applicant regains the capability to file the application, but in no case may the filing deadline be extended beyond 3 months of the original filing deadline. Requires the applicant to provide the Chief County Assessment Officer with a signed statement from the applicant's physician stating the nature and extent of the condition, that, in the physician's opinion, the condition was so severe that it rendered the applicant incapable of filing the application in a timely manner, and the date on which the applicant regained the capability to file the application. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that the provisions concerning the extension of filing deadlines for applicants who were ill shall apply only in counties having fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0523 Last action date: 97-11-18 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status