Bill Text: FL S0648 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Trespassing

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0648 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S0648-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 648
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-00701-23                                            2023648__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to trespassing; amending s. 810.011,
    3         F.S.; redefining the term “posted land” to include
    4         land classified as agricultural which has no
    5         trespassing signs placed at specified points;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
   11  810.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         810.011 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:
   13         (5)(a) “Posted land” is that land upon which any of the
   14  following signs or notices are placed:
   15         1. Signs are placed not more than 500 feet apart along, and
   16  at each corner of, the boundaries of the land or, for land
   17  classified as agricultural pursuant to s. 193.461, signs placed
   18  at each point of ingress and at each corner of the boundaries of
   19  the agricultural land which, upon which signs there appears
   20  prominently display, in letters of not less than 2 inches in
   21  height, the words “No Trespassing” and in addition thereto the
   22  name of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the said land. The
   23  Said signs must shall be placed along the boundary line of
   24  posted land in a manner and in such position as to be clearly
   25  noticeable from outside the boundary line; or
   26         2.a. A conspicuous no trespassing notice is painted on
   27  trees or posts on the property, provided that the notice is:
   28         (I) Painted in an international orange color and displaying
   29  the stenciled words “No Trespassing” in letters no less than 2
   30  inches high and 1 inch wide either vertically or horizontally;
   31         (II) Placed so that the bottom of the painted notice is not
   32  less than 3 feet from the ground or more than 5 feet from the
   33  ground; and
   34         (III) Placed at locations that are readily visible to any
   35  person approaching the property and no more than 500 feet apart
   36  on agricultural land.
   37         b. When a landowner uses the painted no trespassing posting
   38  to identify a no trespassing “no trespassing” area, those
   39  painted notices must shall be accompanied by signs complying
   40  with subparagraph 1. and placed conspicuously at all places
   41  where entry to the property is normally expected or known to
   42  occur.
   43         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.