Resolution 051-1976RESOLUTION N0. 51 -1976
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 197.241 (5) F. S.
WHEREAS, Section 197.241 (3) F. S. requires the County to
make application for tax deeds under certain circumstances and
requites the County to deposit with the Tax Collector, in connec-
tion therewith, certain costs and fees, and,
WHEREAS, Section 197.241 (5) provides that seven (7) years
from the day the land was offered for public sale,'the land shall
escheat to the state, and the Clerk shall execute a deed vesting
title in the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, and
WHEREAS, there is no provision for the county being re-
funded the applicable costs and. fees which it is required to de-
posit in order to obtain the land and does not require that the
county be reimbursed for taxes on the land for said seven (7) year
period, now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY C014MISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the legisature of the state of Florida is re-
quested to amend the applicable statutes to eliminate this unfair
treatment of counties and to provide that the title to such land
shall vest in the respective counties.
2. That the Clerk of this Board shall transmit a copy
of this Resolution to the Governor, the members of the cabinet,
and those persons representing Monroe County in the state legisla-
ture.
DATED March 16, 1976.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By, /Z,- - - a
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(Seal)
Attest:
Clerk 5