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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to third -party reservation platforms; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | providing a short title; creating s. 509.105, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | defining the term "third -party reservation platform"; 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | prohibiting a reservation at a public food service 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | establishment from being listed, advertised, promoted, 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | or sold through a third -party reservation platform; 7 |
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| 21 | | - | providing an exception; authorizing the Division of 8 |
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| 22 | | - | Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Bu siness 9 |
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| 23 | | - | and Professional Regulation to impose a civil penalty 10 |
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| 24 | | - | not to exceed a specified amount for a violation of 11 |
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| 25 | | - | this act or of a division rule; providing that such 12 |
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| 26 | | - | violations shall accrue on a daily basis for certain 13 |
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| 27 | | - | establishments; providing an effective date. 14 |
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| 21 | + | authorizing the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of 8 |
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| 22 | + | the Department of Business and Professional Regulation 9 |
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| 23 | + | to impose a civil penalty not to exceed a specified 10 |
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| 24 | + | amount for a violation of this act or of a division 11 |
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| 25 | + | rule; providing that such violations to accrue on a 12 |
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| 26 | + | specified time and for certain establishments; 13 |
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| 27 | + | providing an effective date. 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 1. This act may be cited to as the "Restaurant 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Reservation Anti-Piracy Act." 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 2. Section 509.105, Florida Statutes, is created 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to read: 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 509.105 Third-party reservation platforms pr ohibited.— 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) As used in this section, the term "third -party 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | reservation platform" means a website, mobile application, or 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (a) Offers or arranges for a reservation at a public food 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | service establishment for on -premises service. 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) Is owned and operated by a person other than the owner 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of the public food service establishment. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (c) Does not have a contractual relationship or agreement 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | with the public food service establishment, or its contractual 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | designee, to offer or a rrange for a reservation at the public 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | food service establishment for on -premises service. 33 |
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| 59 | | - | (2) A third-party reservation platform does not include a 34 |
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| 60 | | - | contractual designee of an individual customer which a rranges 35 |
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| 61 | | - | for a personal and nontransferrable reservation at a food 36 |
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| 62 | | - | service establishment at the request of the customer and at no 37 |
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| 63 | | - | cost to the customer, provided that the designee shares the 38 |
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| 64 | | - | individual customer's contact information with the food service 39 |
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| 65 | | - | establishment, allows the food service establishment to confirm 40 |
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| 66 | | - | the reservation with the individual customer, and honors 41 |
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| 67 | | - | requests from the food service establishment to opt out of 42 |
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| 68 | | - | future reservations created by the designee. 43 |
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| 69 | | - | (3) A reservation at a public fo od service establishment 44 |
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| 70 | | - | may not be listed, advertised, promoted, facilitated, sold, or 45 |
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| 71 | | - | otherwise enabled through a third -party reservation platform. 46 |
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| 72 | | - | (4) The division may impose a civil penalty on a third -47 |
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| 73 | | - | party reservation platform in an amount not to ex ceed $1,000 for 48 |
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| 74 | | - | each violation of this section or of a division rule. Violations 49 |
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| 75 | | - | under this subsection shall accrue on a daily basis for each day 50 |
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| 88 | | - | and each reservation for each food service establishment in 51 |
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| 89 | | - | which there has been a violation of this section o r rules of the 52 |
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| 90 | | - | division. 53 |
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| 91 | | - | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 54 |
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| 59 | + | (2) A reservation at a public food service establishment 34 |
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| 60 | + | may not be listed, advertised, promoted, or sold through a 35 |
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| 61 | + | third-party reservation platform. 36 |
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| 62 | + | (3) The division may impose a civil penalty on a third -37 |
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| 63 | + | party reservation platform in an amount not to exceed $1,000 for 38 |
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| 64 | + | each violation of this section or of a division rule. Violations 39 |
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| 65 | + | under this subsection shall accrue on a daily basis for each day 40 |
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| 66 | + | and for each food service establishment in which there has been 41 |
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| 67 | + | a violation of this section or rules of the division. 42 |
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| 68 | + | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 43 |
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