Florida Senate - 2025                       CS for CS for SB 872
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Community Affairs; and Transportation; and
       Senators Ingoglia and Burgess
       
       
       
       
       578-02823-25                                           2025872c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to price controls for the storage of
    3         electric vehicles; amending ss. 125.0103 and 166.043,
    4         F.S.; requiring counties and municipalities,
    5         respectively, to establish specified rates for the
    6         storage of certain electric vehicles; authorizing a
    7         wrecker operator to charge specified costs for the
    8         cleanup of an accident scene associated with an
    9         electric vehicle; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
   14  section 125.0103, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
   16         (1)
   17         (e)1. Counties shall establish maximum rates for the
   18  storage of electric vehicles as defined in s. 320.01(36) which
   19  have been involved in accidents. Such rates may be up to 3 times
   20  the rates charged by a wrecker operator, as defined in s.
   21  323.002(1), for the storage of vehicles that run on gasoline or
   22  diesel fuels and must apply in the event the electric vehicle
   23  owner or operator is incapacitated or unavailable, leaves the
   24  procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
   25  the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
   26  electric vehicle.
   27         2. A wrecker operator may charge the actual cost of
   28  services, plus 15 percent, for the cleanup of an accident scene
   29  associated with an electric vehicle, including a fire or any
   30  accidental discharge of any hazardous materials or debris
   31  associated with the electric vehicle.
   32         Section 2. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
   33  section 166.043, Florida Statutes, to read:
   34         166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
   35         (1)
   36         (e)1. Municipalities shall establish maximum rates for the
   37  storage of electric vehicles as defined in s. 320.01(36) which
   38  have been involved in accidents. Such rates may be up to 3 times
   39  the rates charged by a wrecker operator, as defined in s.
   40  323.002(1), for the storage of vehicles that run on gasoline or
   41  diesel fuels and must apply in the event the electric vehicle
   42  owner or operator is incapacitated or unavailable, leaves the
   43  procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
   44  the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
   45  electric vehicle.
   46         2. A wrecker operator may charge the actual cost of
   47  services, plus 15 percent, for the cleanup of an accident scene
   48  associated with an electric vehicle, including a fire or any
   49  accidental discharge of any hazardous materials or debris
   50  associated with the electric vehicle.
   51         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.