DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. FORD

No. 62555.

438 So.2d 798 (1983)

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, State of Florida, Etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Frank A. FORD, Etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Joseph C. Mellichamp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William M. Barr of Raymond, Wilson, Conway, Barr, Burrows & Jester, Daytona Beach, for petitioners.

Harlan Tuck of Giles, Hedrick & Robinson, Orlando, and Edwin P.B. Sanders of Landis, Graham, French, Husfeld, Sherman & Ford, DeLand, for respondents.


ADKINS, Judge.

This is a review of a decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal declaring section 193.481, Florida Statutes (1981), to be unconstitutional as applied, which is reported at 417 So.2d 1109 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

Section 193.481 requires the separate ad valorem assessment and taxation of separately-owned subsurface rights in Florida. The respondents...

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