Florida Senate - 2017              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. CS for SB 282
       
       
       
       
       
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       576-03802-17                                                    
       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
       (Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax)
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to towing and storage fees; creating
    3         ss. 125.01047 and 166.04465, F.S.; prohibiting
    4         counties and municipalities from enacting certain
    5         ordinances or rules to impose a fee or charge on
    6         wrecker operators or vehicle storage companies;
    7         providing exceptions; amending s. 323.002, F.S.;
    8         prohibiting counties and municipalities from imposing
    9         additional charges, costs, expenses, fines, fees, or
   10         penalties on a registered owner or lienholder of a
   11         vehicle; providing an exception; providing an
   12         effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Section 125.01047, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         125.01047Rules and ordinances relating to towing or
   19  storage services.—
   20         (1)A county may not enact an ordinance or rule that would
   21  impose a fee or charge on an authorized wrecker operator, as
   22  defined in s. 323.002(1), or a vehicle storage company for
   23  towing, storing, or impounding a vehicle by the wrecker operator
   24  or vehicle storage company.
   25         (2)The prohibition set forth in subsection (1) does not
   26  affect a county’s authority to:
   27         (a)Levy a reasonable business tax under s. 205.0315, s.
   28  205.033, or s. 205.0535.
   29         (b)Impose a reasonable fee or charge, not to exceed the
   30  maximum rates approved by ordinance or rule under s. 125.0103 or
   31  s. 166.043, on the legal owner of a vehicle if a county law
   32  enforcement officer has caused the owner’s vehicle to be towed
   33  to and impounded at a facility owned by the county.
   34         Section 2. Section 166.04465, Florida Statutes, is created
   35  to read:
   36         166.04465Rules and ordinances relating to towing or
   37  storage services.—
   38         (1)A municipality may not enact an ordinance or rule that
   39  would impose a fee or charge on an authorized wrecker operator,
   40  as defined in s. 323.002(1), or a vehicle storage company for
   41  towing, storing, or impounding a vehicle by the wrecker operator
   42  or vehicle storage company.
   43         (2)The prohibition set forth in subsection (1) does not
   44  affect a municipality’s authority to:
   45         (a)Levy a reasonable business tax under s. 205.0315, s.
   46  205.043, or s. 205.0535.
   47         (b)Impose a reasonable fee or charge, not to exceed the
   48  maximum rates approved by ordinance or rule under s. 125.0103 or
   49  s. 166.043, on the legal owner of a vehicle if a municipal law
   50  enforcement officer has caused the owner’s vehicle to be towed
   51  to and impounded at a facility owned by the municipality.
   52         Section 3. Subsection (5) is added to section 323.002,
   53  Florida Statutes, to read:
   54         323.002 County and municipal wrecker operator systems;
   55  penalties for operation outside of system.—
   56         (5)(a)Except as provided in paragraph (b), a county or
   57  municipality may not adopt or maintain in effect an ordinance or
   58  rule that imposes a charge, cost, expense, fine, fee, or
   59  penalty, other than the reasonable costs of towing and storage
   60  incurred by an authorized wrecker operator, on the registered
   61  owner or lienholder of a vehicle removed and impounded by an
   62  authorized wrecker operator under this chapter.
   63         (b)A county or municipality may impose a reasonable fee or
   64  charge for towing and storage expenses, not to exceed the
   65  maximum rates approved by ordinance or rule under s. 125.0103 or
   66  s. 166.043, on the legal owner of a vehicle if a county or
   67  municipal law enforcement officer has caused the owner’s vehicle
   68  to be towed to and impounded at a facility owned by the county
   69  or municipality.
   70         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.