Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1276
       
       
        
       By Senator Hooper
       
       
       
       
       
       16-01550A-21                                          20211276__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 320.08001, F.S.;
    3         requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
    4         Vehicles to publish notice when electric vehicles and
    5         hybrid vehicles make up 5 percent or more of the total
    6         number of vehicles registered in this state; providing
    7         fees for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles
    8         beginning after the department publishes such notice;
    9         requiring that the proceeds of certain fees be
   10         deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund;
   11         requiring an adjustment in certain rates based on the
   12         Consumer Price Index, beginning on a specified date;
   13         providing an effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 320.08001, Florida Statutes, is amended
   18  to read:
   19         320.08001 Electric vehicles; hybrid vehicles; license tax.—
   20         (1) The license tax for an electric vehicle, a hybrid
   21  vehicle, or a or low-speed vehicle is the same as that
   22  prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is not electrically
   23  powered.
   24         (2) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
   25  shall publish notice when electric vehicles, as defined in s.
   26  320.01(36), and hybrid vehicles, as defined in s. 316.0741, make
   27  up 5 percent or more of the total number of vehicles registered
   28  in this state.
   29         (3) Beginning January 1 of the subsequent year after the
   30  department publishes notice:
   31         (a) For electric vehicles, an additional motor vehicle fuel
   32  tax equivalent of $200 flat shall be assessed. The proceeds of
   33  such fee shall be deposited into the State Transportation Trust
   34  Fund.
   35         (b) For hybrid vehicles, an additional motor vehicle fuel
   36  tax equivalent of $50 flat shall be assessed. The proceeds of
   37  such fee shall be deposited into the State Transportation Trust
   38  Fund.
   39         (4) Beginning January 1 of the subsequent year after the
   40  initial year and annually thereafter, the rates provided in
   41  subsection (3) shall be adjusted by the percentage change in the
   42  average of the Consumer Price Index issued by the United States
   43  Department of Labor for the most recent 12-month period ending
   44  September 30, compared to the average for the 12-month period
   45  ending September 30 of the initial year, and rounded to the
   46  nearest tenth of a cent.
   47         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.