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OCTOBER 30, 2007

State will drop tax appeal

UPDATE (3:25 p.m.): The state has withdrawn the appeal.

Gov. Charlie Crist said this morning that the state will drop its appeal of a court ruling deeming the "super" homestead exemption plan misleading. The ruling triggered the special session that just ended, forcing the Legislature to come up with a new proposal.

The Florida Supreme Court was scheduled to hear the state's appeal in December. If the state prevailed, there could have been two plans on the ballot.

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