Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 462
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/09/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Avila) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1209 and 1210
    4  insert:
    5         Section 21. Subsection (1) of section 479.16, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         479.16 Signs for which permits are not required.—The
    8  following signs are exempt from the requirement that a permit
    9  for a sign be obtained under this chapter but are required to
   10  comply with s. 479.11(4)-(8), and subsections (15)-(20) may not
   11  be implemented or continued if the Federal Government notifies
   12  the department that implementation or continuation will
   13  adversely affect the allocation of federal funds to the
   14  department:
   15         (1) Signs erected on the premises of an establishment which
   16  consist primarily of the name of the establishment or identify
   17  the principal or accessory merchandise, services, activities, or
   18  entertainment sold, produced, manufactured, or furnished on the
   19  premises of the establishment and which comply with the lighting
   20  restrictions imposed under s. 479.11(5), or signs owned by a
   21  municipality or a county located on the premises of such
   22  municipality or county which display information regarding
   23  governmental services, activities, events, or entertainment. For
   24  purposes of this section, the following types of messages are
   25  not considered information regarding governmental services,
   26  activities, events, or entertainment:
   27         (a) Messages that specifically reference any commercial
   28  enterprise.
   29         (b) Messages that reference a commercial sponsor of any
   30  event.
   31         (c) Personal messages.
   32         (d) Political campaign messages.
   33  
   34  If a sign located on the premises of an establishment consists
   35  principally of brand name or trade name advertising and the
   36  merchandise or service is only incidental to the principal
   37  activity, or if the sign includes any commercial advertising for
   38  any goods, merchandise, services, brands, activities,
   39  entertainment, or products that are not physically present on
   40  the premises or that are offered for purchase or promoted on the
   41  premises only via e-commerce kiosks or computers, the sign is
   42  not exempt under this subsection. In addition, if any owner,
   43  operator, lessee, or sublessee of the establishment receives
   44  rental or other income from the sign, the sign is not exempt
   45  under this subsection.
   46  
   47  If the exemptions in subsections (15)-(20) are not implemented
   48  or continued due to notification from the Federal Government
   49  that the allocation of federal funds to the department will be
   50  adversely impacted, the department shall provide notice to the
   51  sign owner that the sign must be removed within 30 days after
   52  receipt of the notice. If the sign is not removed within 30 days
   53  after receipt of the notice by the sign owner, the department
   54  may remove the sign, and the costs incurred in connection with
   55  the sign removal shall be assessed against and collected from
   56  the sign owner.
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   58  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   59  And the title is amended as follows:
   60         Delete line 106
   61  and insert:
   62         thereto; amending s. 479.16, F.S.; revising an
   63         exception to an exemption from a requirement that a
   64         permit be obtained for certain signs; providing a
   65         legislative finding; requiring