Florida Senate - 2021 SB 140
By Senator Brandes
24-00353A-21 2021140__
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; providing for the
6 distribution of proceeds from the additional fees;
7 requiring, on specified dates, the Department of
8 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to increase the
9 additional fees, subject to certain requirements;
10 providing that certain vehicles are exempt from
11 specified fees; providing for the future expiration
12 and reversion of specified statutory text; providing a
13 contingent 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 Low-speed, electric, and plug-in hybrid electric
20 vehicles; license tax.—
21 (1) The license tax for a an electric vehicle or low-speed
22 vehicle is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a
23 vehicle that is not electrically powered.
24 (2)(a) The license tax for an electric vehicle weighing
25 less than 10,000 pounds is the same as that prescribed in s.
26 320.08 for a vehicle that is not electrically powered, plus an
27 additional $135 flat fee. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the
28 license tax for an electric vehicle weighing less than 10,000
29 pounds is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle
30 that is not electrically powered, plus an additional $150 flat
31 fee.
32 (b) The license tax for an electric vehicle weighing 10,000
33 pounds or more is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a
34 vehicle that is not electrically powered, plus an additional
35 $235 flat fee. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the license tax for
36 an electric vehicle weighing 10,000 pounds or more is the same
37 as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is not
38 electrically powered, plus an additional $250 flat fee.
39 (3) The license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
40 is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that
41 is not partially powered by a rechargeable energy-storage
42 system, plus an additional $35 flat fee. Beginning on January 1,
43 2025, the license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is
44 the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is
45 not partially powered by a rechargeable energy-storage system,
46 plus an additional $50 flat fee.
47 (4) The proceeds of the additional flat fees imposed under
48 subsections (2) and (3) must be deposited into the State
49 Transportation Trust Fund.
50 (5) A low-speed, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric
51 vehicle that uses a battery storage system of up to 5 kilowatt
52 hours is exempt from any fee imposed under this section.
53 Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 320.08001,
54 Florida Statutes, expire on December 31, 2030, and the text of
55 that section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2021,
56 except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
57 this act must be preserved and continue to operate to the extent
58 that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text
59 which expire pursuant to this section.
60 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021, but
61 only if SB ____ or similar legislation takes effect, if such
62 legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
63 extension thereof and becomes a law.