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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to private property for motor vehicle 2
parking; amending s. 715.075, F.S.; requiring owners 3
and operators of certain property to follow specified 4
rules; prohibiting certain invoices from resembling 5
specified citations; removing a provision prohibiting 6
certain county and municipal regulations; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 715.075, Florida Statutes, is amended 12
to read: 13
715.075 Vehicles parked on private property; rules and 14
rates authorized.— 15
(1) The owner or operator of a private property used for 16
motor vehicle parking : 17
(a) Must have a physical location in this state. 18
(b) May establish rules and rates that govern private 19
persons parking motor vehicles on such private property. Such 20
rules and rates may include parking charges for violating the 21
property owner's or operator's rules and must be posted and 22
clearly visible to persons parking motor vehicles on such 23
private property. 24
(c) Must establish fines and penalties equal to the fines 25
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and penalties set for municipal parking. 26
(d) Must have posted signage that is clearly visible to 27
persons parking motor vehicle s on such private property and 28
include: 29
1. Any rules established under paragraph (b), including 30
any parking charges for violations. 31
2. The fines and penalties established under paragraph 32
(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. 49