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Right now people, who try to pay their property taxes in Florida and can’t pony up the entire amount, are penalized. Tax collectors will actually send the partial payment back, plus a penalty. State lawmakers want to change the rules and allow landowners to pay in installments.

“I you have a 2,000 dollar tax bill and you get down to the end of the road and the tax payer only has a thousand dollars in his pocket . We’re saying we would like to be fair to you and deposit that check instead of sending it back to you with a penalty and interest on the whole thing. We think that’s a more fair way to run government and we think it’s fair to the taxpayers particularly now when property taxes are higher than ever,” said State Representative Seth McKeel.

The bill passed several committees. It has one more stop before it reaches the chambers.