Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 722
       
       
        
       By Senator Truenow
       
       
       
       
       
       13-00923-25                                            2025722__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to location of equipment owned by
    3         amusement business owners; defining the terms
    4         “agricultural lands” and “amusement business owner”;
    5         prohibiting counties and municipalities from enacting
    6         certain policies, ordinances, regulations, or other
    7         measures that require payment from an amusement
    8         business owner for the placement, parking, or storage
    9         of equipment for longer than a specified length of
   10         time on certain lands classified as agricultural
   11         lands; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. (1) For purposes of this section, the term:
   16         (a) “Agricultural lands” means those parcels classified by
   17  the property appraiser as agricultural lands under s. 193.461,
   18  Florida Statutes.
   19         (b) “Amusement business owner” means a provider of services
   20  affiliated with a circus or carnival, such as rides, food,
   21  beverages, and games, who travels around the United States on a
   22  seasonal or temporary basis to provide such services to county
   23  fairs, district fairs, state fairs, as those terms are defined
   24  in s. 616.001, Florida Statutes, or who supports events
   25  sponsored by not-for-profit organizations for fundraising.
   26         (2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a county or
   27  municipality may not enact any policy, ordinance, regulation, or
   28  other measure that addresses lands 5 acres or larger which are
   29  classified as agricultural lands if such policy, ordinance,
   30  regulation, or other measure requires a monetary exaction from
   31  any amusement business owner whose equipment is placed, parked,
   32  or stored on the agricultural land for 6 months or longer. This
   33  prohibition applies only if the agricultural land is fully
   34  fenced along the perimeter and if the equipment that is placed,
   35  parked, or stored on the agricultural land is at least 100 feet
   36  from the perimeter fencing.
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.