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Date: Monday, January 1, 2001 
Question/Topic: Homestead Exemption - Florida 
Answer/Pointer: Counties offering an additional homestead exemption for seniors: Baker $25,000 Bay 5,000 (5-yr phase-in to $25,000) Broward 25,000. Calhoun 25,000 Collier 25,000 Duval 25,000 Escambia 25,000 Flagler 25,000 Gulf 25,000 Hendry 25,000 (for TY 2001) Hillsborough 15,000 (3-yr phase-in to $25,000) Holmes 5,000 (5-yr phase-in to $25,000) Lake 25,000 Leon 25,000 for senior citizen homeowners making less than $20,680 a year, effective 2002. (Tall Demo 3/14/01, p. 1B) Miami-Dade 25,000 Monroe 25,000 Okaloosa 25,000 Santa Rosa 25,000 St. Johns 25,000 Sumter 5,000 Volusia 25,000 Source: "Elder Update" Nov., 2000, published by Florida Dept. of Elder Affairs See Problem Box under Homestead Exemption for additonal list of cities or municipalities that also offer additional homestead exemption for seniors. To obtain Homestead Exemption in Leon County, call Leon County Property Appraiser, 488-6102. 
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