No. SB 804
Filed under Transportation.
Electric Vehicle Registration Fees; Defining the term “battery electric vehicle”; requiring the owner of a battery electric vehicle to pay certain annual registration fees; requiring that such fees be deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund and used for a certain purpose, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDOwners of a battery electric vehicle registered in Florida must now pay a new $250 fee every year, due at initial registration and at each renewal, on top of the existing license tax.
The bill defines 'battery electric vehicle' as a motor vehicle powered only by an electric motor and rechargeable batteries, with no internal combustion engine, so plug-in hybrids are not covered by this new fee.
The $250 stacks on top of every other fee already charged under this chapter; it does not replace anything. All of the money collected must go into the State Transportation Trust Fund for roads.
Whether a battery-powered low-speed vehicle, such as certain neighborhood electric vehicles, counts as a 'battery electric vehicle' under this new definition, and so owes the fee, is not addressed.
AIThe owner of a battery electric vehicle registered in Florida must pay a new $250 fee every year, on top of the existing license tax and any other registration fees, due at initial registration and each renewal.
AIFor this new fee, 'battery electric vehicle' means a motor vehicle powered only by an electric motor and rechargeable batteries with no internal combustion engine, so plug-in hybrids are excluded from the fee.
AIThe new $250 fee is dedicated funding: it must go into the State Transportation Trust Fund and can only be used for planning, building, maintaining, and repairing public roads and transportation infrastructure.