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