Fla. Stat. 185.09
Report of premiums paid; date tax payable

For any municipality, chapter plan, local law municipality, or local law plan under this chapter, whenever any municipality passes an ordinance establishing a chapter plan or local law plan and assessing and imposing the tax authorized in s. 185.08, a certified copy of such ordinance shall be deposited with the division; and thereafter every insurance company, corporation, or other insurer carrying on the business of casualty insuring, on or before the succeeding March 1 after date of the passage of the ordinance, shall report fully in writing to the division and the Department of Revenue a just and true account of all premiums received by such insurer for casualty insurance policies covering or insuring any property located within the corporate limits of such municipality during the period of time elapsing between the date of the passage of the ordinance and the end of the calendar year. The aforesaid insurer shall annually thereafter, on March 1, file with the Department of Revenue a similar report covering the preceding year’s premium receipts. Every such insurer shall, at the time of making such report, pay to the Department of Revenue the amount of the tax heretofore mentioned. Every insurer engaged in carrying on a general casualty insurance business in the state shall keep accurate books of account of all such business done by it within the limits of such incorporated municipality in such a manner as to be able to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Based on the insurers’ reports of premium receipts, the division shall prepare a consolidated premium report and shall furnish to any municipality requesting the same a copy of the relevant section of that report.

Source: Section 185.09 — Report of premiums paid; date tax payable, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0185.­09 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

185.01
Legislative declaration 185.02
Definitions 185.03
Municipal police officers’ retirement trust funds 185.04
Actuarial deficits not state obligations 185.05
Board of trustees 185.06
General powers and duties of board of trustees 185.07
Creation and maintenance of fund 185.08
State excise tax on casualty insurance premiums authorized 185.09
Report of premiums paid 185.10
Department of Revenue and Division of Retirement to keep accounts of deposits 185.11
Funds received by municipalities, deposit in retirement trust fund 185.12
Payment of excise tax credit on similar state excise or license tax 185.13
Failure of insurer to comply with chapter 185.015
Short title 185.16
Requirements for retirement 185.18
Disability retirement 185.19
Separation from municipal service 185.21
Death prior to retirement 185.23
Duties of Division of Retirement 185.25
Exemption from tax and execution 185.30
Depository for retirement fund 185.31
Municipalities and boards independent of other municipalities and boards and of each other 185.34
Disability in line of duty 185.35
Municipalities that have their own retirement plans for police officers 185.37
Termination of plan and distribution of fund 185.38
Transfer to another state retirement system 185.39
Applicability 185.50
Retiree health insurance subsidy 185.60
Optional participation 185.061
Use of annuity or insurance policies 185.085
Determination of local premium tax situs 185.105
Police and Firefighters’ Premium Tax Trust Fund 185.161
Optional forms of retirement income 185.162
Beneficiaries 185.185
False, misleading, or fraudulent statements made to obtain public retirement benefits prohibited 185.191
Lump-sum payment of small retirement income 185.221
Annual report to Division of Retirement 185.341
Discrimination in benefit formula prohibited

Current through Fall 2025

§ 185.09. Report of premiums paid; date tax payable's source at flsenate​.gov