Florida Senate - 2020                              CS for SB 476
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Innovation, Industry, and Technology; and
       Senator Hooper
       
       
       
       
       580-01998-20                                           2020476c1
    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 condominium, cooperative, and homeowners’
    5         associations, respectively, may not prohibit a law
    6         enforcement officer from parking his or her assigned
    7         law enforcement vehicle in certain areas; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 718.129, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         718.129 Law enforcement vehicles.—An association may not
   15  prohibit a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1),
   16  who is a unit owner, or who is a tenant, guest, or invitee of a
   17  unit owner, from parking his or her assigned law enforcement
   18  vehicle in an area where the unit owner, or the tenant, guest,
   19  or invitee of the unit owner, otherwise has a right to park.
   20         Section 2. Section 719.131, Florida Statutes, is created to
   21  read:
   22         719.131 Law enforcement vehicles.—An association may not
   23  prohibit a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1),
   24  who is a unit owner, or who is a tenant, guest, or invitee of a
   25  unit owner, from parking his or her assigned law enforcement
   26  vehicle in an area where the unit owner, or the tenant, guest,
   27  or invitee of the unit owner, otherwise has a right to park.
   28         Section 3. Section 720.318, Florida Statutes, is created to
   29  read:
   30         720.318 Law enforcement vehicles.—An association may not
   31  prohibit a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1),
   32  who is a parcel owner, or who is a tenant, guest, or invitee of
   33  a parcel owner, from parking his or her assigned law enforcement
   34  vehicle in an area where the parcel owner, or the tenant, guest,
   35  or invitee of the parcel owner, otherwise has a right to park.
   36         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.