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: 16 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 aan electric vehicle orlow-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.