BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE, PROPERTY APPRAISERS’ ASSOCIATION ...

SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA CASE NO: SC03-520

SUNSET HARBOUR NORTH CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, ET AL., and STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE,

Appellants,

vs.

JOEL W. ROBBINS, as Property Appraiser for Dade County, Florida,

Appellee.

Lower Tribunal No. 3D02-2316

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BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE, PROPERTY APPRAISERS' ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA, INC. IN SUPPORT OF APPELLEE, JOEL W. ROBBINS

(Consented to by the Parties and Granted by Order dated June 3, 2003)

Larry E. Levy Fla Bar No. 047019 Loren E. Levy Fla Bar No. 0814441 The Levy Law Firm 1828 Riggins Lane Tallahassee, Florida 32308 850/219-0220

Counsel for Amicus Curiae

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Table of Authorities .............................................................................. ii

Preliminary Statement ........................................................................... v

Statement of the Identity of the Amicus Curiae and its Interest in the Case .................... ................................................. 1

Summary of Argument .......................................................................... 2

Standard of Review ............................................................................... 3

Argument .............................................................................................. 4

I. IN THE INSTANT CASE, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER HAS STANDING TO RAISE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SECTION 192.042, FLORIDA STATUTES (2002).

(1) The property appraiser may defensively raise the constitutionality of a statute.

(2) The property appraiser may raise the constitutionality of a statute to protect public funds.

Conclusion ............................................................................................ 20

Certificate of Service ............................................................................ 21

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Certificate of Compliance ..................................................................... 22

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

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Cases:

Am Fi Investment Corp. v. Kinney, 360 So.2d 415 (Fla. 1978) .......................................................... 11

Archer v. Marshall, 355 So.2d 781 (Fla. 1978) .......................................................... 12

Barr v. Watts, 70 So.2d 347 (Fla. 1953) ............................................................ 13

Blake v. Xerox Corp., 447 So.2d 1348 (Fla. 1984) ........................................................ 19

Canaveral Port Auth. v. Dept. of Revenue, 690 So.2d 1226 (Fla. 1996) ........................................................ 11

Capital City Country Club v. Tucker, 613 So.2d 448 (Fla. 1993) .......................................................... 11

City of Miami v. McGrath, 824 So.2d 143 (Fla. 2002) .......................................................... 3

Dept. of Admin. v. Horne, 269 So.2d 659 (Fla. 1972) .......................................................... 15

Dept. of Educ. v. Lewis,

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