Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 260
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/04/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Burgess) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment
    2  
    3         Delete lines 30 - 77
    4  and insert:
    5  320.01(36), which have been involved in a crash that results in
    6  visible damage to the batteries or battery compartment, or when
    7  the batteries or battery compartment has been submerged, for any
    8  length of time, in salt water. The daily administration fee for
    9  proper storage of an electric vehicle may be up to three times
   10  the amount established under paragraph (c) and shall apply in
   11  the event the electric vehicle owner or operator is
   12  incapacitated, is unavailable, leaves the procurement of wrecker
   13  service to the law enforcement officer at the scene, or
   14  otherwise does not consent to the removal of the electric
   15  vehicle. Such fee may not be charged unless the electric vehicle
   16  is properly stored as defined in this paragraph.
   17         2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:
   18         a. “Daily administration fee” means a fee imposed by a
   19  wrecker service or towing-storage or wrecker operator for
   20  administrative costs for storing a damaged or submerged electric
   21  vehicle after the cleanup of the crash scene and debris removal
   22  in order to provide proper storage of the damaged or submerged
   23  electric vehicle.
   24         b. “Proper storage” means the damaged electric vehicle is
   25  separated from combustibles and structures by at least 50 feet
   26  on all sides or is surrounded by a barrier of earth, steel,
   27  concrete, or solid masonry.
   28         Section 2. Present paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of
   29  section 166.043, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
   30  (e), and a new paragraph (d) is added to that subsection, to
   31  read:
   32         166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
   33         (1)
   34         (d)1. Municipalities may establish a daily administration
   35  fee for the proper storage of electric vehicles, as defined in
   36  s. 320.01(36), which have been involved in a crash that results
   37  in visible damage to the batteries or battery compartment, or
   38  when the batteries or battery compartment has been submerged,
   39  for any length of time, in salt water. The daily administration
   40  fee for proper storage of an electric vehicle may be up to three
   41  times the amount established under paragraph (c) and shall apply
   42  in the event the electric vehicle owner or operator is
   43  incapacitated, is unavailable, leaves the procurement of wrecker
   44  service to the law enforcement officer at the scene, or
   45  otherwise does not consent to the removal of the electric
   46  vehicle. Such fee may not be charged unless the electric vehicle
   47  is properly stored as defined in this paragraph. If a
   48  municipality enacts an ordinance establishing a daily
   49  administration fee as defined in this paragraph, a county’s
   50  ordinance establishing a daily administration fee under s.
   51  125.0103(1)(d) does not apply within such municipality.
   52         2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:
   53         a. “Daily administration fee” means a fee imposed by a
   54  wrecker service or towing-storage or wrecker operator for
   55  administrative costs for storing a damaged or submerged electric
   56  vehicle after the cleanup of the crash scene and debris removal
   57  in order to provide proper storage of the damaged or submerged