The Treasury and Resources Department had hoped to debate the budget earlier in the year, so that it could be discussed alongside the annualchanges to benefit rates.
Florida voters approved property tax relief to low-income seniors (Amendment 11) and for veterans and their surviving spouses (Amendments 2 and 9) but rejected a freebie (Amendment 4) that would have cut in half from 10% to 5% the cap on annualchanges to property tax assessments for non-homesteaders aka snowbirds.