Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 694
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       22-01395-23                                            2023694__
    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 owners
    4         and operators of certain property to follow specified
    5         rules; prohibiting certain invoices from resembling
    6         specified citations; removing a provision prohibiting
    7         certain county and municipal regulations; providing an
    8         effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. Section 715.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   13  read:
   14         715.075 Vehicles parked on private property; rules and
   15  rates authorized.—
   16         (1) The owner or operator of a private property used for
   17  motor vehicle parking:
   18         (a) Must have a physical location in this state.
   19         (b) May establish rules and rates that govern private
   20  persons parking motor vehicles on such private property. Such
   21  rules and rates may include parking charges for violating the
   22  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         (c) Must establish fines and penalties equal to the fines
   26  and penalties set for municipal parking.
   27         (d) Must have posted signage that is clearly visible to
   28  persons parking motor vehicles on such private property and
   29  includes:
   30         1. Any rules established under paragraph (b), including any
   31  parking charges for violations.
   32         2. The fines and penalties established under paragraph (c).
   33         3. The name of the owner of the private property.
   34         4. A customer service phone number and hours of operation.
   35         (e) May not report an invoice to a credit bureau.
   36         (2)(a) An invoice for parking charges issued under this
   37  section must include the following statement in uppercase type:
   38  THIS INVOICE IS PRIVATELY ISSUED, IS NOT ISSUED BY A
   39  GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL
   40  PENALTIES.
   41         (b) An invoice issued under this section may not resemble
   42  the citations issued by local authorities.
   43         (2) A county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or
   44  a regulation restricting or prohibiting a right of a private
   45  property owner or operator established under subsection (1). Any
   46  such ordinance or regulation is a violation of this section and
   47  is null and void.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.