Florida SB 260: Services for Veterans and Their Families

Bill Text

260 
Removal, Storage, and Cleanup of Electric Vehicles 
2026-02-19T03:36:13Z 
Requiring counties to establish a daily administration storage fee for the proper storage of certain electric vehicles; providing a maximum amount for such fees; defining the terms “daily administration storage fee” and “proper storage”; requiring any wrecker service or towing-storage wrecker or operator to collect and submit specific data to the Division of State Fire Marshal relating to stored damaged or submerged electric vehicles by a specified date; providing that motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay certain costs, etc. 
Committee Substitute 3 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for CS for SB 260 

 By the Committees on Rules; Community Affairs; and 
 Transportation; and Senator Burgess 

 595-02947A-26 2026260c3 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the removal, storage, and cleanup 
 3 of electric vehicles; amending s. 125.0103, F.S.; 
 4 requiring counties to establish a daily administration 
 5 storage fee for the proper storage of certain electric 
 6 vehicles; providing a maximum amount for such fees; 
 7 providing applicability; defining the terms “daily 
 8 administration storage fee” and “proper storage”; 
 9 requiring any wrecker service or towing-storage 
 10 wrecker or operator to collect and submit specific 
 11 data to the Division of State Fire Marshal relating to 
 12 stored damaged or submerged electric vehicles by a 
 13 specified date; requiring the State Fire Marshal to 
 14 create a form to submit such data; requiring the State 
 15 Fire Marshal to submit a report with specified 
 16 information to the Legislature by a specified date; 
 17 providing for an expiration; amending s. 166.043, 
 18 F.S.; authorizing municipalities to establish a daily 
 19 administration storage fee for the proper storage of 
 20 certain electric vehicles; providing a maximum amount 
 21 for such fees; providing applicability; defining the 
 22 terms “daily administration storage fee” and “proper 
 23 storage”; requiring any wrecker service or towing 
 24 storage wrecker or operator to submit specific data to 
 25 the Division of State Fire Marshal relating to stored 
 26 damaged or submerged electric vehicles by a specified 
 27 date; requiring the State Fire Marshal to create a 
 28 form to submit such data; requiring the State Fire 
 29 Marshal to submit a report with specified information 
 30 to the Legislature by a specified date; providing for 
 31 an expiration; creating s. 324.0222, F.S.; providing 
 32 that motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay 
 33 certain costs; amending s. 713.78, F.S.; providing 
 34 that a reasonable fee for service includes any daily 
 35 administration storage fee; providing an effective 
 36 date. 
 37 
 38 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 39 
 40 Section 1. Present paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of 
 41 section 125.0103, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph 
 42 (f), and a new paragraph (d) and paragraph (e) are added to that 
 43 subsection, to read: 
 44 125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.— 
 45 (1) 
 46 (d)1. Counties shall establish a daily administration 
 47 storage fee for the proper storage of electric vehicles, as 
 48 defined in s. 320.01(36), which have been involved in a crash 
 49 that results in visible damage to the batteries or battery 
 50 compartment, or when the batteries or battery compartment have 
 51 been submerged, for any length of time, in salt water, and until 
 52 the appropriate local agency has inspected and verified that the 
 53 damaged battery is safe and not in danger of starting a fire. 
 54 The daily administration storage fee for proper storage of an 
 55 electric vehicle may be up to three times the amount established 
 56 under paragraph (c) and applies in the event that the electric 
 57 vehicle owner or operator is incapacitated, is unavailable, 
 58 leaves the procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement 
 59 officer at the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the 
 60 removal of the electric vehicle. Such fee may not be charged 
 61 unless the electric vehicle is properly stored as defined in 
 62 this paragraph. 
 63 2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 
 64 a. “Daily administration storage fee” means a fee imposed 
 65 by a wrecker service or towing-storage or wrecker operator for 
 66 administrative costs for storing a damaged or submerged electric 
 67 vehicle in order to provide proper storage of the damaged or 
 68 submerged electric vehicle. 
 69 b. “Proper storage” means the damaged electric vehicle is 
 70 separated from combustibles and structures by at least 50 feet 
 71 on all sides or is surrounded by a barrier of earth, steel, 
 72 concrete, or solid masonry. 
 73 (e)1. Beginning January 1, 2027, and ending December 31, 
 74 2028, a wrecker service or towing-storage wrecker or o