Florida Senate - 2021 PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Bill No. CS for SB 140
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576-03214-21
Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
(Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development)
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to fees; amending s. 320.08001, F.S.;
3 creating additional fees for electric vehicles;
4 creating a license tax and an additional fee for plug
5 in hybrid electric vehicles; authorizing persons and
6 entities to biennially renew vehicle registrations for
7 electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric
8 vehicles; providing for the distribution of proceeds
9 from the additional fees; providing that certain
10 vehicles are exempt from specified fees; providing for
11 the future expiration and reversion of specified
12 statutory text; providing a contingent effective date.
13
14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
15
16 Section 1. Section 320.08001, Florida Statutes, is amended
17 to read:
18 320.08001 Low-speed, electric, and plug-in hybrid electric
19 vehicles; license tax.—
20 (1) The license tax for a an electric vehicle or low-speed
21 vehicle is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a
22 vehicle that is not electrically powered.
23 (2)(a) The license tax for an electric vehicle weighing
24 less than 10,000 pounds is the same as that prescribed in s.
25 320.08 for a vehicle that is not electrically powered, plus an
26 additional $135 flat fee. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the
27 license tax for an electric vehicle weighing less than 10,000
28 pounds is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle
29 that is not electrically powered, plus an additional $150 flat
30 fee.
31 (b) The license tax for an electric vehicle weighing 10,000
32 pounds or more is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a
33 vehicle that is not electrically powered, plus an additional
34 $235 flat fee. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the license tax for
35 an electric vehicle weighing 10,000 pounds or more is the same
36 as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is not
37 electrically powered, plus an additional $250 flat fee.
38 (3) The license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
39 is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that
40 is not partially powered by a rechargeable energy-storage
41 system, plus an additional $35 flat fee. Beginning on January 1,
42 2025, the license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is
43 the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is
44 not partially powered by a rechargeable energy-storage system,
45 plus an additional $50 flat fee.
46 (4) Any person or entity that registers a vehicle
47 identified in subsection (2) or subsection (3) may renew the
48 vehicle registration biennially in accordance with s.
49 320.07(2)(b).
50 (5) Of the proceeds of the additional flat fees imposed
51 under subsections (2) and (3), 64 percent shall be deposited
52 into the State Transportation Trust Fund and 36 percent shall be
53 allocated to the county where the vehicle is registered.
54 (a) Until June 30, 2024, the department shall distribute
55 the funds allocated to a county to the respective tax collector
56 for use by the board of county commissioners for the purpose of
57 providing publicly available electric vehicle charging
58 infrastructure and related equipment.
59 (b) Beginning July 1, 2024, the department shall transfer
60 the funds allocated to a county to the Department of Revenue for
61 distribution to the board of county commissioners and
62 municipalities within the county in proportion to the previous
63 month’s distribution of the local option fuel taxes authorized
64 under s. 336.025(1)(a). Local governments shall utilize moneys
65 received pursuant to this paragraph for transportation
66 expenditures, as defined in s. 336.025(7).
67 (6) A low-speed, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric
68 vehicle that uses a battery storage system of up to 5 kilowatt
69 hours is exempt from any fee imposed under this section.
70 Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 320.08001,
71 Florida Statutes, expire on December 31, 2030, and the text of
72 that section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2021,
73 except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
74 this act must be preserved and continue to operate to the extent
75 that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text
76 which expire pursuant to this section.
77 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021, but
78 only if SB 138 or similar legislation takes effect, if such
79 legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
80 extension thereof and becomes a law.