Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 188
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/22/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Hutson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
    6  509.032, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         509.032 Duties.—
    8         (7) PREEMPTION AUTHORITY.—
    9         (b) A local law, ordinance, or regulation may regulate
   10  activities that arise when a property is used as a vacation
   11  rental provided such regulation applies uniformly to all
   12  residential properties without regard to whether the property is
   13  used as a vacation rental as defined in s. 509.242 or a long
   14  term rental subject to the provisions of Chapter 83. However, a
   15  local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit vacation
   16  rentals or regulate the duration or frequency of rentals of
   17  vacation rentals. This paragraph does not apply to any local
   18  law, ordinance or regulation adopted on or before June 1, 2011,
   19  except when such law, ordinance or regulation is being amended
   20  to be less restrictive A local law, ordinance, or regulation may
   21  not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate the duration or
   22  frequency of rental of vacation rentals. This paragraph does not
   23  apply to any local law, ordinance, or regulation adopted on or
   24  before June 1, 2011.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   30  and insert:
   31                        A bill to be entitled                      
   32         An act relating to vacation rentals; amending s.
   33         509.032, F.S.; authorizing local laws, ordinances, or
   34         regulations to regulate activities relating to
   35         vacation rentals only if such laws, ordinances, or
   36         regulations apply uniformly to all properties;
   37         providing applicability; providing an effective date.