Florida Statutes
Part I - Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments (Ss. 509.013-509.417)
509.102 - Mobile food dispensing vehicles; preemption.


(1) As used in this section, the term “mobile food dispensing vehicle” means any vehicle that is a public food service establishment and that is self-propelled or otherwise movable from place to place and includes self-contained utilities, including, but not limited to, gas, water, electricity, or liquid waste disposal.
(2) Regulation of mobile food dispensing vehicles involving licenses, registrations, permits, and fees is preempted to the state. A municipality, county, or other local governmental entity may not require a separate license, registration, or permit other than the license required under s. 509.241, or require the payment of any license, registration, or permit fee other than the fee required under s. 509.251, as a condition for the operation of a mobile food dispensing vehicle within the entity’s jurisdiction. A municipality, county, or other local governmental entity may not prohibit mobile food dispensing vehicles from operating within the entirety of the entity’s jurisdiction.
(3) This section may not be construed to affect a municipality, county, or other local governmental entity’s authority to regulate the operation of mobile food dispensing vehicles other than the regulations described in subsection (2).
(4) This section does not apply to any port authority, aviation authority, airport, or seaport.
History.—s. 75, ch. 2020-160.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII - Regulation of Trade, Commerce, Investments, and Solicitations

Chapter 509 - Lodging and Food Service Establishments; Membership Campgrounds

Part I - Public Lodging and Public Food Service Establishments (Ss. 509.013-509.417)

509.013 - Definitions.

509.032 - Duties.

509.034 - Application.

509.035 - Immediate closure due to severe public health threat.

509.036 - Public food service inspector standardization.

509.039 - Food service manager certification.

509.049 - Food service employee training.

509.072 - Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund; collection and disposition of moneys received.

509.091 - Notices; form and service.

509.092 - Public lodging establishments and public food service establishments; rights as private enterprises.

509.095 - Accommodations at public lodging establishments for individuals with a valid military identification card.

509.096 - Human trafficking awareness training and policies for employees of public lodging establishments; enforcement.

509.098 - Prohibition of hourly rates.

509.101 - Establishment rules; posting of notice; food service inspection report; maintenance of guest register; mobile food dispensing vehicle registry.

509.102 - Mobile food dispensing vehicles; preemption.

509.111 - Liability for property of guests.

509.141 - Refusal of admission and ejection of undesirable guests; notice; procedure; penalties for refusal to leave.

509.142 - Conduct on premises; refusal of service.

509.143 - Disorderly conduct on the premises of an establishment; detention; arrest; immunity from liability.

509.144 - Prohibited handbill distribution in a public lodging establishment; penalties.

509.151 - Obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud; penalty.

509.161 - Rules of evidence in prosecutions.

509.162 - Theft of personal property; detaining and arrest of violator; theft by employee.

509.191 - Unclaimed property.

509.2015 - Telephone surcharges by public lodging establishments.

509.211 - Safety regulations.

509.2112 - Public lodging establishments three stories or more in height; inspection rules.

509.213 - Emergency first aid to choking victims.

509.214 - Notification of automatic gratuity charge.

509.215 - Firesafety.

509.2151 - Dining facility firesafety requirement limitation.

509.221 - Sanitary regulations.

509.232 - School carnivals and fairs; exemption from certain food service regulations.

509.233 - Public food service establishment requirements; local exemption for dogs in designated outdoor portions.

509.241 - Licenses required; exceptions.

509.242 - Public lodging establishments; classifications.

509.251 - License fees.

509.261 - Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; procedure.

509.271 - Prerequisite for issuance of municipal or county occupational license.

509.281 - Prosecution for violation; duty of state attorney; penalties.

509.285 - Enforcement; city and county officers to assist.

509.291 - Advisory council.

509.292 - Misrepresenting food or food product; penalty.

509.302 - Hospitality Education Program.

509.4005 - Applicability of ss. 509.401-509.417.

509.401 - Operator’s right to lockout.

509.402 - Operator’s right to recover premises.

509.403 - Operator’s writ of distress.

509.404 - Writ of distress; venue and jurisdiction.

509.405 - Complaint; requirements.

509.406 - Prejudgment writ of distress.

509.407 - Writ of distress; levy of writ.

509.408 - Prejudgment writ; form; return.

509.409 - Writ; inventory.

509.411 - Exemptions from writ of distress.

509.412 - Writ; claims by third persons.

509.413 - Judgment for plaintiff when goods not delivered to defendant.

509.414 - Judgment for plaintiff when goods retained by or redelivered to defendant.

509.415 - Judgment for defendant when goods are retained by or redelivered to the defendant.

509.416 - Judgment for defendant when goods are not retained by or redelivered to the defendant.

509.417 - Writ; sale of property distrained.