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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.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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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 a an electric vehicle or low-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.
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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
33 10,000 pounds or more is the same as that prescribed in s.
34 320.08 for a vehicle that is not electrically powered, plus an
35 additional $235 flat fee. Beginning on January 1, 2025, the
36 license tax for an electric vehicle weighing 10,000 pounds or
37 more is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle
38 that is not electrically powered, plus an additional $250 flat
39 fee.
40 (3) The license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
41 is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that
42 is not partially powered by a rechargeable energy-storage
43 system, plus an additional $35 flat fee. Beginning on January 1,
44 2025, the license tax for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is
45 the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a vehicle that is
46 not partially powered by a rechargeable energy-storage system,
47 plus an additional $50 flat fee.
48 (4) The proceeds of the additional flat fees imposed under
49 subsections (2) and (3) must be deposited into the State
50 Transportation Trust Fund.
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51 (5) A low-speed, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric
52 vehicle that uses a battery storage system of up to 5 kilowatt
53 hours is exempt from any fee imposed under this section.
54 Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s.
55 320.08001, Florida Statutes, expire on December 31, 2030, and
56 the text of that section shall revert to that in existence on
57 June 30, 2021, except that any amendments to such text enacted
58 other than by this act must be preserved and continue to operate
59 to the extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the
60 portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.
61 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021, but
62 only if HB 817 or similar legislation takes effect, if such
63 legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
64 extension thereof and becomes a law.
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Statutes affected: H 819 Filed: 320.08001