Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 476
       
       
        
       By Senator Hooper
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00607A-20                                           2020476__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to law enforcement vehicles; creating
    3         ss. 718.129, 719.131, and 720.318, F.S.; providing
    4         that community associations may not prohibit a law
    5         enforcement officer from parking his or her law
    6         enforcement vehicle in certain areas; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 718.129, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         718.129 Law enforcement vehicles.—An association may not
   14  prohibit a law enforcement officer who is a unit owner, or a
   15  tenant, a guest, or an invitee of a unit owner, from parking his
   16  or her law enforcement vehicle in an area where the unit owner,
   17  or the tenant, guest, or invitee of the unit owner, otherwise
   18  has a right to park.
   19         Section 2. Section 719.131, Florida Statutes, is created to
   20  read:
   21         719.131 Law enforcement vehicles.—An association may not
   22  prohibit a law enforcement officer who is a unit owner, or a
   23  tenant, a guest, or an invitee of a unit owner, from parking his
   24  or her law enforcement vehicle in an area where the unit owner,
   25  or the tenant, guest, or invitee of the unit owner, otherwise
   26  has a right to park.
   27         Section 3. Section 720.318, Florida Statutes, is created to
   28  read:
   29         720.318 Law enforcement vehicles.—An association may not
   30  prohibit a law enforcement officer who is a parcel owner, or a
   31  tenant, a guest, or an invitee of a parcel owner, from parking
   32  his or her law enforcement vehicle in an area where the parcel
   33  owner, or the tenant, guest, or invitee of the parcel owner,
   34  otherwise has a right to park.
   35         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.