Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 694
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Gruters) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 715.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         715.075 Vehicles parked on private property; rules and
    8  rates authorized.—
    9         (1)(a) The owner or operator of a private property used for
   10  motor vehicle parking may establish rules and rates that govern
   11  private persons parking motor vehicles on such private property.
   12  Such rules and rates may include parking charges for violating
   13  the property owner’s or operator’s rules and must be posted and
   14  clearly visible to persons parking motor vehicles on such
   15  private property.
   16         (b) An invoice for parking charges issued under this
   17  section must include the following statement in uppercase type:
   18  THIS INVOICE IS PRIVATELY ISSUED, IS NOT ISSUED BY A
   19  GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL
   20  PENALTIES.
   21         (c) An invoice for parking charges issued under this
   22  section must be sent to the registered owner of the vehicle by
   23  certified mail. The owner or operator of a private property used
   24  for motor vehicle parking may not assess a late fee for a period
   25  of at least 30 days after the postmarked date of the mailing.
   26         (2) A county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or
   27  a regulation restricting in any manner the parking rates charged
   28  by or prohibiting a right of a private property owner or
   29  operator, including parking charges for violating the rules of
   30  the property owner or operator established under subsection (1).
   31  Any such ordinance or regulation is a violation of this section
   32  and is null and void.
   33         (3) The owner or operator of a private property used for
   34  motor vehicle parking may not charge the registered owner or
   35  other legally authorized person in control of the vehicle that
   36  enters the private property if the owner or other legally
   37  authorized person is on the property for less than 10 minutes
   38  and does not park.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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   41  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   42  And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   44  and insert:
   45                        A bill to be entitled                      
   46         An act relating to private property for motor vehicle
   47         parking; amending s. 715.075, F.S.; requiring that
   48         invoices for parking charges be sent by certified mail
   49         to a specified party; prohibiting the assessment of a
   50         late fee before a certain period; prohibiting a county
   51         or municipality from adopting a certain ordinance or
   52         regulation; prohibiting a private property owner or
   53         operator from charging specified parties under certain
   54         conditions; providing an effective date.