Florida SB 910: Rent Control Measures

Bill Text

910 
Parking on Public Property 
2025-12-15T08:11:16Z 
Defining the terms “public property” and “publicly owned buildings or facilities”; requiring local governments to refund owners of vehicles who pay fees to park on specified public property in certain circumstances; prohibiting certain vehicles from being towed or issued a traffic citation for a specified time period after being parked on specified public property; prohibiting local governments from allowing private business entities or enterprises to use specified public property for private parking purposes for a fee; providing construction, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 910 

 By Senator Mayfield 

 19-01305-26 2026910__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to parking on public property; 
 3 creating s. 316.1971, F.S.; defining the terms “public 
 4 property” and “publicly owned buildings or 
 5 facilities”; requiring local governments to refund 
 6 owners of vehicles who pay fees to park on specified 
 7 public property in certain circumstances; requiring 
 8 local governments to carry over any unused portion of 
 9 time for the benefit of the next vehicle owner who 
 10 pays a fee to park on such public property in certain 
 11 circumstances; prohibiting certain vehicles from being 
 12 towed or issued a traffic citation for a specified 
 13 time period after being parked on specified public 
 14 property; prohibiting local governments from allowing 
 15 private business entities or enterprises to use 
 16 specified public property for private parking purposes 
 17 for a fee; providing construction; providing an 
 18 effective date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 21 
 22 Section 1. Section 316.1971, Florida Statutes, is created 
 23 to read: 
 24 316.1971 Parking on public property.— 
 25 (1) As used in this section, the term: 
 26 (a) “Public property” means any publicly owned way or place 
 27 used by vehicles, including, but not limited to, streets, 
 28 roadways, highways, parking garages, and metered or timed 
 29 parking spaces or parking lots. 
 30 (b) “Publicly owned buildings or facilities” means a 
 31 building or facility owned by a state or local governmental 
 32 entity or agency. The term includes any building or facility 
 33 owned by a state university or Florida College System 
 34 institution. 
 35 (2) A local government shall refund an owner of a vehicle 
 36 who pays a fee to park on public property, including public 
 37 property associated with publicly owned buildings or facilities, 
 38 any portion of such fee if the owner does not use the allotted 
 39 time. In the event a refund is not possible, the local 
 40 government shall carry over any unused portion of time for the 
 41 benefit of the next vehicle owner who pays a fee to park on the 
 42 same public property. 
 43 (3) If a vehicle is parked on public property, including 
 44 public property associated with publicly owned buildings or 
 45 facilities, in violation of a county or municipal law or 
 46 ordinance governing parking: 
 47 (a) The vehicle may not be towed until at least 12 hours 
 48 have elapsed from the time the vehicle was parked, if parked on 
 49 a street, roadway, or highway; or 
 50 (b) The vehicle owner may not be issued a traffic citation 
 51 until at least 2 hours have elapsed from the time the meter or 
 52 allotted time expired, if parked in a metered or timed public 
 53 parking space, public parking lot, or public parking garage. 
 54 (4) A local government may not allow a private business 
 55 entity or enterprise to use public property for private parking 
 56 purposes for a fee. 
 57 (5) This section does not prohibit the governing body of a 
 58 county or municipality, with respect to public property under 
 59 its jurisdiction, from regulating the parking of vehicles for 
 60 any purpose. 
 61 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.