Senate Bill sb1870

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1870

    By Senator Baker





    20-504B-06                                         See HB 1031

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pawnbroking; amending s.

  3         539.001, F.S.; providing that local ordinances

  4         may not require the payment of any fee related

  5         to a pawn transaction unless authorized under

  6         the Florida Pawnbroking Act; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (20) of section 539.001, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         539.001  The Florida Pawnbroking Act.--

14         (20)  CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.--Any county or

15  municipality may enact ordinances that are in compliance with,

16  but not more restrictive than this section, except that local

17  ordinances may not require the payment of any fee related to a

18  pawn transaction unless authorized in this chapter or restrict

19  hours of operations other than between midnight and 6 a.m. Any

20  ordinance that conflicts with this subsection is void. Nothing

21  in This section does not shall affect the authority of a

22  county or municipality to establish land use controls or

23  require a pawnbroker to obtain a local occupational license.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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