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BOOK 94 FAGS. 957 Commissioner Adams requested that State Representative Harry Good, who sits on the responsible committee in the House, be supported in his effort to move the bill out of the House into the Senate. She believed that the bill will provide service monies and cited, as an example, the increased service provided to the new Horizons Mall by the Sheriff with no tax monies to be collected for that service for at least 18 months. She stated that the Florida Association of Counties strongly supports the bill but that the Property Appraisers Association has taken a position against it as they say that it will cost more because they will have to add more personnel. She believed that the work would be spread out over the year rather than being concentrated in one part of the year and did not feel it would add much Bost to the process. She pointed out that commercial entities moving into the area do not cost the school system that much but private residences demand services with no funding for 1Z to 2 years. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by Commissioner Eggert, that the Board agree to support FACo's position in support of the proposed partial year assessment bill. Under discussion, Property Appraiser David Nolte advised that the problem is new construction. New construction causes the Sheriff to add deputies and schools to add new classrooms. These expenses are incurred immediately and are not paid for up to 2-14 years. He felt that the proposed bill does not address these problems but simply adds more taxes to be paid 24 years later. A proposed solution offered to the Legislature would solve the problem at a low cost. The preferred solution would be a fee in lieu of taxes to be handled by the Building Department which would be paid at time of issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy. This solution would get funds to the Sheriff, the schools, and the - hospitals at the time services are needed. He believed that the proposed bill would revolutionize the property tax system in the State of Florida and would double or triple the burden on local businesses to track their purchases of new equipment. Instead of listing the year of the purchase of a new chair, they would have to track the number of days that they have a chair in use. The preparation of tangible personal property tax returns for 80% of businesses costs them more money than the County collects in taxes. The other objection is that the County Commission pays 80% of the Property Appraiser's budget and only collects 27%-29% of the taxes APRIL 259 1995 22