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Section 2. Annual Application Requirement. Every person claiming the additional homestead exemption pursuant to this Ordinance must file an application with the Miami- Dade Property Appraiser no later than March 1 st of each year for which such exemption is claimed. Such application shall be filed on a form prescribed by the Florida Department of Revenue. On or before June 1 st of each year every applicant must file supporting documentation with the Property Appraiser. Said documentation shall include copies of all federal income tax returns, wage and earning statements, and such other documentation as required by the Property Appraiser, including documentation necessary to verify the income received by all of the members of the household for the prior year. Section 3. Failure to File Application. Failure to file the application and sworn statement by March 1 st or failure to file the required supporting documentation by June 1 st of any given year shall constitute a waiver of the additional exemption privilege for that year. Section 4. Availability of Additional Exemption. House Bill 333, signed into law by Governor Crist on April 9, 2007, requires that this Ordinance and all ordinances implementing this exemption for ajurisdiction must be delivered to the Property Appraiser by June 1,2007, for it to be effective for the 2007 tax year. This additional exemption shall be available commencing with the year 2007 tax roll, and the Property Appraiser may begin accepting applications and sworn statements for the year 2007 tax roll as soon as the appropriate forms are available from the Department of Revenue. Section 5. Property Appraiser Deadline Exception. The June 1, 2007 deadline for the House Bill 333 exemption is an exception to Florida Statutes Section 196.075 (6). Section 6. Annual Increase In Income Limitation. Each January 1 s\ the $24,214.00 annual income limitation in this Ordinance shall be adjusted and be applicable as of January 1 st of that year. The annual income limitation shall be adjusted by the percentage of change in the average cost-of-living index for the immediately preceding calendar year compared with the average cost-of-living index for the calendar year immediately prior to that year. As used herein "index" shall be the average of the monthly consumer-price index figures for the stated period, for the United States as a whole, issued by the United States Department of Labor. Section 7. Transmittal to the Property Appraiser. The City Clerk shall, within 30 days of the adoption of this Ordinance, but prior to June 1,2007, deliver a copy of this Ordinance to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser to be applicable for the year 2007. Section 8. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, U:\LEGISTLATION\Draft Ordinances\2007\Increasing Senior Citizen Exemption.doc 2