Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 872
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/26/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Ingoglia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
    6  section 125.0103, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
    8         (1)
    9         (e)1. Counties shall establish maximum rates for the
   10  storage of electric vehicles as defined in s. 320.01(36) which
   11  have been involved in accidents. Such rates may be up to 3 times
   12  the rates charged by a wrecker operator, as defined in s.
   13  323.002(1), for the storage of vehicles that run on gasoline or
   14  diesel fuels and must apply in the event the electric vehicle
   15  owner or operator is incapacitated or unavailable, leaves the
   16  procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
   17  the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
   18  electric vehicle.
   19         2. A wrecker operator may charge the actual cost of
   20  services, plus 15 percent, for the cleanup of an accident scene
   21  associated with an electric vehicle, including a fire or any
   22  accidental discharge of any hazardous materials or debris
   23  associated with the electric vehicle.
   24         Section 2. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
   25  section 166.043, Florida Statutes, to read:
   26         166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
   27         (1)
   28         (e)1. Municipalities shall establish maximum rates for the
   29  storage of electric vehicles as defined in s. 320.01(36) which
   30  have been involved in accidents. Such rates may be up to 3 times
   31  the rates charged by a wrecker operator, as defined in s.
   32  323.002(1), for the storage of vehicles that run on gasoline or
   33  diesel fuels and must apply in the event the electric vehicle
   34  owner or operator is incapacitated or unavailable, leaves the
   35  procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
   36  the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
   37  electric vehicle.
   38         2. A wrecker operator may charge the actual cost of
   39  services, plus 15 percent, for the cleanup of an accident scene
   40  associated with an electric vehicle, including a fire or any
   41  accidental discharge of any hazardous materials or debris
   42  associated with the electric vehicle.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   48  and insert:
   49                        A bill to be entitled                      
   50         An act relating to price controls for the storage of
   51         electric vehicles; amending ss. 125.0103 and 166.043,
   52         F.S.; requiring counties and municipalities,
   53         respectively, to establish specified rates for the
   54         storage of certain electric vehicles; authorizing a
   55         wrecker operator to charge specified costs for the
   56         cleanup of an accident scene associated with an
   57         electric vehicle; providing an effective date.