Supreme Court of Florida, 1999

Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund v. Hameroff

Supreme Court of Florida · Decided April 8, 1999 · Anstead, Harding, Overton, Pariente, Shaw, Wells

736 So. 2d 1150; 24 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 173; 1999 Fla. LEXIS 573; 1999 WL 189831 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

State, Dept. of Highway Safety v. Sarnoff (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)
PR MARKETING GROUP v. GTE Florida, Inc. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)
Hameroff v. Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)
Reinish v. Clark (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have for review Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund v. Hameroff, 689 So.2d 358 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), which expressly and directly conflicts with the decision in Nemeth v. Florida Department of Revenue, 686 So.2d 778 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

We recently quashed the Fourth District’s decision in Nemeth because the respondents in that case failed to file suit challenging the constitutionality of the vehicle impact fee statute1 within the three-year time limit mandated by section 215.26(2), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1994). Department of Revenue v. Nemeth, 733 So.2d 970 (Fla. 1999). Accordingly, we approve the decision in Hameroff to the extent that it is consistent with our opinion in Nemeth. However, we find it necessary to remand this case with directions that the trial court determine if all the representative class members filed suit based solely upon allegations that the tax was unconstitutional and within three years after making payment of the “assessment” contained in section 395.7015(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1993).

It is so ordered.

HARDING, C.J., SHAW, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., and OVERTON, Senior Justice, concur. PARIENTE, J. did not participate in this case.

. § 320.072(l)(b), Fla. Stat. (1990).

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