The Brief A special house committee held its third in a series of meetings Monday to determine how best to relieve the property tax burden on Floridians. The governor is pushing state lawmakers to either eliminate or greatly reduce property taxes. The committee heard from several presenters who discussed in granular detail how property taxes work in Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis has insisted that property taxes are crushing Florida homeowners who have paid off their homes, but who continue to pay taxes on them. RELATED: Florida lawmakers to discuss property tax proposals for potential 2026 ballot referendumThe committee went through the minutiae of school funding, homestead exemptions and how counties determine their funding formulas.