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.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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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.