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The Florida Senate
                                HOUSE MESSAGE SUMMARY
                Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Regulated Industries
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BILL:                  CS/SB 280
INTRODUCER:            Senators DiCeglie and Mayfield
SUBJECT:               Vacation Rentals
DATE:                  March 6, 2024
 I.Amendments Contained in Message:
        House Amendment – 814927 (body with title)
II.Summary of Amendments Contained in Message:
        House Amendment – 814927 revises CS/SB 280 to:
         Provide for the payment of taxes by the operator listing a vacation rental with an advertising
          platform.
         “Grandfather” any county law, ordinance, or regulation initially adopted on or before January
          1, 2016, that established county registration requirements for rental of vacation rentals, and
          any amendments thereto adopted before January 1, 2024. However, such county law,
          ordinance, or regulation may not be amended or altered except to be less restrictive or to
          adopt registration requirements as provided in the bill.
         Remove a provision allowing local governments to fine a vacation rental operator for failure
          to provide the division with the unique local registration number.
         Exempt maximum overnight occupancy requirements from the 15-day cure period before a
          vacation rental may be fined for violations of the registration requirements.
         Limit liens for unpaid fines to the real property where the violation occurred.
         Clarify that the temporary vacation rental license becomes permanent upon final agency
          action granting the vacation rental license.
         Delete the requirement for advertising platforms to verify the vacation rental license number
          with the unique identifier and local registration number, if applicable, before it publishes the
          advertisement.
         Delete the requirement that advertising platforms notify the Division of Hotels and
          Restaurants within 15 days after any advertisement or listing fails to display a valid license
          number and, if applicable, local registration number.
         Limit the information advertising platforms must report to the division each quarter to be the
          Internet address of the advertisement; and the vacation rental license number and, if
          applicable, the local registration number.
Statutes affected: 
S 280 Filed: 212.03, 159.27, 212.08, 316.1955, 404.056, 477.0135, 509.221, 553.5041, 559.955, 561.20, 705.17, 705.185, 717.1355, 877.24
S 280 c1: 212.03, 159.27, 212.08, 316.1955, 404.056, 477.0135, 509.221, 553.5041, 559.955, 561.20, 705.17, 705.185, 717.1355, 877.24
S 280 e1: 212.03, 159.27, 212.08, 316.1955, 404.056, 477.0135, 509.221, 553.5041, 559.955, 561.20, 705.17, 705.185, 717.1355, 877.24
S 280 e2: 212.03, 159.27, 212.08, 316.1955, 404.056, 477.0135, 509.221, 553.5041, 559.955, 561.20, 705.17, 705.185, 717.1355, 877.24
S 280 er: 212.03, 159.27, 212.08, 316.1955, 404.056, 477.0135, 509.221, 553.5041, 559.955, 561.20, 705.17, 705.185, 717.1355, 877.24