Florida Senate - 2023 CS for SB 694 By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Gruters 590-03533-23 2023694c1 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 that 4 invoices for parking charges be sent by certified mail 5 to a specified party; prohibiting the assessment of a 6 late fee before a certain period; prohibiting a county 7 or municipality from adopting a certain ordinance or 8 regulation; prohibiting a private property owner or 9 operator from charging specified parties under certain 10 conditions; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1.Section 715.075, Florida Statutes, is amended to 15 read: 16 715.075Vehicles parked on private property; rules and 17 rates authorized. 18 (1)(a)The owner or operator of a private property used for 19 motor vehicle parking may establish rules and rates that govern 20 private persons parking motor vehicles on such private property. 21 Such rules and rates may include parking charges for violating 22 the property owners or operators rules and must be posted and 23 clearly visible to persons parking motor vehicles on such 24 private property. 25 (b)An invoice for parking charges issued under this 26 section must include the following statement in uppercase type: 27 THIS INVOICE IS PRIVATELY ISSUED, IS NOT ISSUED BY A 28 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL 29 PENALTIES. 30 (c)An invoice for parking charges issued under this 31 section must be sent to the registered owner of the vehicle by 32 certified mail. The owner or operator of a private property used 33 for motor vehicle parking may not assess a late fee for a period 34 of at least 30 days after the postmarked date of the mailing. 35 (2)A county or municipality may not enact an ordinance or 36 a regulation restricting in any manner the parking rates charged 37 by or prohibiting a right of a private property owner or 38 operator, including parking charges for violating the rules of 39 the property owner or operator established under subsection (1). 40 Any such ordinance or regulation is a violation of this section 41 and is null and void. 42 (3)The owner or operator of a private property used for 43 motor vehicle parking may not charge the registered owner or 44 other legally authorized person in control of the vehicle that 45 enters the private property if the owner or other legally 46 authorized person is on the property for less than 10 minutes 47 and does not park. 48 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.