Florida Senate - 2023                              CS for SB 694
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       590-03533-23                                           2023694c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to private property for motor vehicle
    3         parking; amending s. 715.075, F.S.; requiring that
    4         invoices for parking charges be sent by certified mail
    5         to a specified party; prohibiting the assessment of a
    6         late fee before a certain period; prohibiting a county
    7         or municipality from adopting a certain ordinance or
    8         regulation; prohibiting a private property owner or
    9         operator from charging specified parties under certain
   10         conditions; providing an effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 715.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   15  read:
   16         715.075 Vehicles parked on private property; rules and
   17  rates authorized.—
   18         (1)(a) The owner or operator of a private property used for
   19  motor vehicle parking may establish rules and rates that govern
   20  private persons parking motor vehicles on such private property.
   21  Such rules and rates may include parking charges for violating
   22  the property owner’s or operator’s rules and must be posted and
   23  clearly visible to persons parking motor vehicles on such
   24  private property.
   25         (b) An invoice for parking charges issued under this
   26  section must include the following statement in uppercase type:
   27  THIS INVOICE IS PRIVATELY ISSUED, IS NOT ISSUED BY A
   28  GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL
   29  PENALTIES.
   30         (c) An invoice for parking charges issued under this
   31  section must be sent to the registered owner of the vehicle by
   32  certified mail. The owner or operator of a private property used
   33  for motor vehicle parking may not assess a late fee for a period
   34  of at least 30 days after the postmarked date of the mailing.
   35         (2) A county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or
   36  a regulation restricting in any manner the parking rates charged
   37  by or prohibiting a right of a private property owner or
   38  operator, including parking charges for violating the rules of
   39  the property owner or operator established under subsection (1).
   40  Any such ordinance or regulation is a violation of this section
   41  and is null and void.
   42         (3) The owner or operator of a private property used for
   43  motor vehicle parking may not charge the registered owner or
   44  other legally authorized person in control of the vehicle that
   45  enters the private property if the owner or other legally
   46  authorized person is on the property for less than 10 minutes
   47  and does not park.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.