Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 714
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/19/2023           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government (DiCeglie) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 397 - 425
    4  and insert:
    5  rental registration program. This paragraph does not prohibit a
    6  local law, ordinance, or regulation from restricting the maximum
    7  occupancy for residential properties that are rented if
    8  uniformly applied without regard to whether the residential
    9  property is used as a vacation rental.
   10         2. Local governments may charge a fee of no more than $150
   11  for processing an individual registration application or $200
   12  for processing a collective registration application for up to a
   13  total of 25 individual vacation rentals. A local law, ordinance,
   14  or regulation may not require renewal of a registration more
   15  than once per year. However, if there is a change of ownership,
   16  the new owner may be required to submit a new application for
   17  registration. Subsequent to the registration of a vacation
   18  rental, local governments may charge a reasonable fee to inspect
   19  a vacation rental after registration to verify compliance with
   20  the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
   21         3. As a condition of registration, the local law,
   22  ordinance, or regulation may only require the owner or operator
   23  of a vacation rental to:
   24         a. Submit identifying information about the owner or the
   25  owner’s agents and the subject vacation rental property.
   26         b. Obtain a license as a transient public lodging
   27  establishment issued by the division within 60 days after local
   28  registration.
   29         c. Obtain all required tax registrations, receipts, or
   30  certificates issued by the Department of Revenue, a county, or a
   31  municipal government.
   32         d. Update required information on a continuing basis to
   33  ensure it is current.
   34         e. Comply with parking standards and solid waste handling
   35  and containment requirements, so long as such standards and
   36  requirements are not imposed solely on vacation rentals.
   37         f. Designate and maintain at all times a responsible party
   38  who is capable of responding to complaints and other immediate
   39  problems related to the vacation rental, including being
   40  available by telephone at a listed phone number.
   41         g. State the maximum occupancy of the vacation rental based
   42  on the number of sleeping accommodations for persons staying
   43  overnight in the vacation rental.
   44         h. Pay in full all recorded municipal or county code liens
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   46  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   47  And the title is amended as follows:
   48         Delete lines 18 - 20
   49  and insert:
   50         for failure to register; providing construction;
   51         authorizing local governments to charge fees up to
   52         specified amounts for processing registration
   53         applications and to charge reasonable inspection fees;
   54         specifying requirements,