Florida SB 804: Required African-American Instruction

Bill Text

804 
Electric Vehicle Registration Fees 
2025-12-09T05:22:37Z 
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. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 804 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-01360-26 2026804__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to electric vehicle registration fees; 
 3 amending s. 320.08001, F.S.; defining the term 
 4 “battery electric vehicle”; requiring the owner of a 
 5 battery electric vehicle to pay certain annual 
 6 registration fees; requiring that such fees be 
 7 deposited into the State Transportation Trust Fund and 
 8 used for a certain purpose; providing an effective 
 9 date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Section 320.08001, Florida Statutes, is amended 
 14 to read: 
 15 320.08001 Electric vehicles; license tax; fee.— 
 16 (1) The license tax for an electric vehicle or low-speed 
 17 vehicle is the same as that prescribed in s. 320.08 for a 
 18 vehicle that is not electrically powered. 
 19 (2)(a) For purposes of this subsection, the term “battery 
 20 electric vehicle” means a motor vehicle powered solely by an 
 21 electric motor drawing current from rechargeable batteries and 
 22 which is not equipped with an internal combustion engine. 
 23 (b) In addition to the license tax imposed under subsection 
 24 (1) and any other fee imposed under this chapter, the owner of a 
 25 battery electric vehicle registered in this state must pay an 
 26 annual fee of $250 at the time of initial registration and each 
 27 renewal thereafter. 
 28 (c) Fees collected under this subsection must be deposited 
 29 into the State Transportation Trust Fund and used for the 
 30 planning, construction, maintenance, and repair of public roads 
 31 and transportation infrastructure. 
 32 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.