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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to third -party reservation platforms; 2
providing a short title; creating s. 509.105, F.S.; 3
defining the term "third -party reservation platform"; 4
prohibiting a reservation at a public food service 5
establishment from being listed, advertised, promoted, 6
or sold through a third -party reservation platform; 7
providing an exception; authorizing the Division of 8
Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Bu siness 9
and Professional Regulation to impose a civil penalty 10
not to exceed a specified amount for a violation of 11
this act or of a division rule; providing that such 12
violations shall accrue on a daily basis for certain 13
establishments; providing an effective date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. This act may be cited to as the "Restaurant 18
Reservation Anti-Piracy Act." 19
Section 2. Section 509.105, Florida Statutes, is created 20
to read: 21
509.105 Third-party reservation platforms prohibited. — 22
(1) As used in this section, the term "third -party 23
reservation platform" means a website, mobile application, or 24
other Internet service that satisfies all of the following: 25
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(a) Offers or arranges for a reservation at a p ublic food 26
service establishment for on -premises service. 27
(b) Is owned and operated by a person other than the owner 28
of the public food service establishment. 29
(c) Does not have a contractual relationship or agreement 30
with the public food service establ ishment, or its contractual 31
designee, to offer or arrange for a reservation at the public 32
food service establishment for on -premises service. 33
(2) A third-party reservation platform does not include a 34
contractual designee of an individual customer which a rranges 35
for a personal and nontransferrable reservation at a food 36
service establishment at the request of the customer and at no 37
cost to the customer, provided that the designee shares the 38
individual customer's contact information with the food service 39
establishment, allows the food service establishment to confirm 40
the reservation with the individual customer, and honors 41
requests from the food service establishment to opt out of 42
future reservations created by the designee. 43
(3) A reservation at a public fo od service establishment 44
may not be listed, advertised, promoted, facilitated, sold, or 45
otherwise enabled through a third -party reservation platform. 46
(4) The division may impose a civil penalty on a third -47
party reservation platform in an amount not to ex ceed $1,000 for 48
each violation of this section or of a division rule. Violations 49
under this subsection shall accrue on a daily basis for each day 50
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and each reservation for each food service establishment in 51
which there has been a violation of this section o r rules of the 52
division. 53
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 54