Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 260
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Burgess) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 33 - 81
    4  and insert:
    5  any length of time, in salt water, and until the appropriate
    6  local agency has inspected and verifies that the damaged battery
    7  is safe and not in danger of starting a fire. The daily
    8  administration fee for proper storage of an electric vehicle may
    9  be up to three times the amount established under paragraph (c)
   10  and applies in the event that the electric vehicle owner or
   11  operator is incapacitated, is unavailable, leaves the
   12  procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
   13  the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
   14  electric vehicle. Such fee may not be charged unless the
   15  electric vehicle is properly stored as defined in this
   16  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 in order to provide proper storage of the damaged or
   22  submerged electric vehicle.
   23         b. “Proper storage” means the damaged electric vehicle is
   24  separated from combustibles and structures by at least 50 feet
   25  on all sides or is surrounded by a barrier of earth, steel,
   26  concrete, or solid masonry.
   27         Section 2. Present paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of
   28  section 166.043, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
   29  (e), and a new paragraph (d) is added to that subsection, to
   30  read:
   31         166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
   32         (1)
   33         (d)1. Municipalities may establish a daily administration
   34  fee for the proper storage of electric vehicles, as defined in
   35  s. 320.01(36), which have been involved in a crash that results
   36  in visible damage to the batteries or battery compartment, or
   37  when the batteries or battery compartment have been submerged,
   38  for any length of time, in salt water, and until the appropriate
   39  local agency has inspected and verifies that the damaged battery
   40  is safe and not in danger of starting a fire. The daily
   41  administration fee for proper storage of an electric vehicle may
   42  be up to three times the amount established under paragraph (c)
   43  and applies in the event that the electric vehicle owner or
   44  operator is incapacitated, is unavailable, leaves the
   45  procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
   46  the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
   47  electric vehicle. Such fee may not be charged unless the
   48  electric vehicle is properly stored as defined in this
   49  paragraph. If a municipality enacts an ordinance establishing a
   50  daily administration fee as defined in this paragraph, a
   51  county’s ordinance establishing a daily administration fee under
   52  s. 125.0103(1)(d) does not apply within such municipality.
   53         2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:
   54         a. “Daily administration fee” means a fee imposed by a
   55  wrecker service or towing-storage or wrecker operator for
   56  administrative costs for storing a damaged or submerged electric
   57  vehicle