Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 908
       
       
        
       By Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       24-00027A-22                                           2022908__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 320.08001, F.S.;
    3         imposing specified additional annual flat fees on
    4         electric vehicles; imposing a license tax and an
    5         additional annual flat fee on plug-in hybrid electric
    6         vehicles; authorizing persons and entities to
    7         biennially renew vehicle registrations for electric
    8         vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles;
    9         providing for the distribution of proceeds from the
   10         additional fees; specifying requirements for the use
   11         of the proceeds by local governments; providing that
   12         certain vehicles are exempt from specified fees;
   13         providing for the future expiration and reversion of
   14         specified statutory text; providing a contingent
   15         effective date.
   16          
   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   18  
   19         Section 1. Section 320.08001, Florida Statutes, is amended
   20  to read:
   21         320.08001 Low-speed, electric, and plug-in hybrid electric
   22  vehicles; license tax and additional annual flat fees.—
   23         (1) The license tax for a an electric vehicle or low-speed
   24  vehicle is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a
   25  vehicle that is not electrically powered.
   26         (2)(a) The license tax for an electric vehicle weighing
   27  less than 10,000 pounds is the same as that prescribed in s.
   28  320.08 for a vehicle that is not electrically powered, plus an
   29  additional $135 annual flat fee. Beginning January 1, 2025, the
   30  license tax for an electric vehicle weighing less than 10,000
   31  pounds is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle
   32  that is not electrically powered, plus an additional $150 annual
   33  flat fee.
   34         (b)The license tax for an electric vehicle weighing 10,000
   35  pounds or more is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a
   36  vehicle that is not electrically powered, plus an additional
   37  $235 annual flat fee. Beginning January 1, 2025, the license tax
   38  for an electric vehicle weighing 10,000 pounds or more is the
   39  same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is not
   40  electrically powered, plus an additional $250 annual flat fee.
   41         (3) The license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
   42  is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that
   43  is not partially powered by a rechargeable energy-storage
   44  system, plus an additional $35 annual flat fee. Beginning
   45  January 1, 2025, the license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric
   46  vehicle is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a
   47  vehicle that is not partially powered by a rechargeable energy
   48  storage system, plus an additional $50 annual flat fee.
   49         (4) Any person or entity that registers a vehicle
   50  identified in subsection (2) or subsection (3) may renew the
   51  vehicle registration biennially in accordance with s.
   52  320.07(2)(b).
   53         (5)Of the proceeds of the additional annual flat fees
   54  imposed under subsections (2) and (3), 64 percent must be
   55  deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund and 36
   56  percent must be allocated to the county where the vehicle is
   57  registered.
   58         (a) Until June 30, 2024, the department shall distribute
   59  the funds allocated to a county to the respective tax collector
   60  for use by the board of county commissioners for the purpose of
   61  providing publicly available electric vehicle charging
   62  infrastructure and related equipment.
   63         (b) Beginning July 1, 2024, the department shall transfer
   64  the funds allocated to a county to the Department of Revenue for
   65  distribution to the board of county commissioners and
   66  municipalities within the county in proportion to the previous
   67  month’s distribution of the local option fuel taxes authorized
   68  under s. 336.025(1)(a). Local governments shall utilize moneys
   69  received pursuant to this paragraph for transportation
   70  expenditures as defined in s. 336.025(7).
   71         (6)A low-speed, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric
   72  vehicle that uses a battery storage system of up to 5 kilowatt
   73  hours is exempt from any fee imposed under this section.
   74         Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 320.08001,
   75  Florida Statutes, expire on December 31, 2030, and the text of
   76  that section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2022,
   77  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
   78  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
   79  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
   80  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
   81         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022, but
   82  only if SB ___ or similar legislation takes effect, if such
   83  legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
   84  extension thereof and becomes a law.