PCS for CS/HB 577 (2025): An Act Relating to the Removal, Storage, and Cleanup — Florida House of Representatives
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A five-page proposed committee substitute, PCS for CS/HB 577, of the Florida House of Representatives in 2025, an act relating to the removal, storage, and cleanup of electric vehicles. Sections 1 and 2 amend ss. 125.0103 and 166.043, F.S., so that no county or municipality may prohibit a wrecker service or towing-storage or wrecker operator from charging a reasonable administrative fee for storing electric vehicles involved in an accident, capped at $150, and define that fee. Section 3 creates s. 324.0222, F.S., stating that motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay costs beyond what their contracts cover. Section 4 amends s. 713.78, F.S., to add the same electric vehicle storage fee to the fees a towing-storage operator may charge. Section 5 sets an effective date of July 1, 2025.
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the removal, storage, and cleanup
3 of electric vehicles; amending ss. 125.0103 and
4 166.043, F.S.; prohibiting counties or municipalities
5 from prohibiting a wrecker service or towing-storage
6 or wrecker operator from charging a reasonable
7 administrative fee for the storage of electric
8 vehicles that have been involved in an accident;
9 providing a maximum amount for such fees; providing a
10 definition; creating s. 324.0222, F.S.; providing that
11 motor vehicle insurers are not required to pay certain
12 costs; amending s. 713.78, F.S.; authorizing a towing-
13 storage or wrecker operator to charge a reasonable
14 administrative fee for the storage of electric
15 vehicles that have been involved in an accident;
16 providing a maximum amount for such fees; providing a
17 definition; providing an effective date.
18
19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
22 125.0103, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
23 125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
24 (1)
25 (c) Counties must establish maximum rates which may be
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26 charged on the towing of vehicles or vessels from or
27 immobilization of vehicles or vessels on private property or
28 which may be charged for removal and storage of wrecked or
29 disabled vehicles or vessels from an accident scene or for the
30 removal and storage of vehicles or vessels, in the event the
31 owner or operator is incapacitated, unavailable, leaves the
32 procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
33 the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
34 vehicle or vessel. However, if a municipality chooses to enact
35 an ordinance establishing the maximum rates for the towing or
36 immobilization of vehicles or vessels as described in paragraph
37 (b), the county's ordinance does not apply within such
38 municipality.
39 (d) No county or municipality may prohibit a wrecker
40 service or towing-storage or wrecker operator from charging a
41 reasonable administrative fee for the storage of electric
42 vehicles that have been involved in an accident in addition to
43 fees specifically authorized in paragraph (c). Such
44 administrative fee may not exceed $150. For purposes of this
45 paragraph, the term "administrative fee" means any fee imposed
46 by a wrecker service or towing-storage or wrecker operator for
47 administrative costs added to the amount due for towing and
48 storing the electric vehicle that are associated with and unique
49 to the cleanup of the accident scene, debris removal, and
50 additional costs related to storing that are specific to an
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51 electric vehicle that has been in an accident.
52 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
53 166.043, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
54 166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls.—
55 (1)
56 (c) Counties must establish maximum rates which may be
57 charged on the towing of vehicles or vessels from or
58 immobilization of vehicles or vessels on private property or
59 which may be charged for removal and storage of wrecked or
60 disabled vehicles or vessels from an accident scene or for the
61 removal and storage of vehicles or vessels, in the event the
62 owner or operator is incapacitated, unavailable, leaves the
63 procurement of wrecker service to the law enforcement officer at
64 the scene, or otherwise does not consent to the removal of the
65 vehicle or vessel. However, if a municipality chooses to enact
66 an ordinance establishing the maximum rates for the towing or
67 immobilization of vehicles or vessels as described in paragraph
68 (b), the county's ordinance established under s. 125.0103 does
69 not apply within such municipality.
70 (d) No county or municipality may prohibit a wrecker
71 service or towing-storage or wrecker operator from charging a
72 reasonable administrative fee for the storage of electric
73 vehicles that have been involved in an accident in addition to
74 fees specifically authorized in paragraph (c). Such
75 administrative fee may not exceed $150. For purposes of this
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76 paragraph, the term "administrative fee" means any fee imposed
77 by a wrecker service or towing-storage or wrecker operator for
78 administrative costs added to the amount due for towing and
79 storing the electric vehicle that are associated with and unique
80 to the cleanup of the accident scene, debris removal, and
81 additional costs related to storing that are specific to an
82 electric vehicle that has been in an accident.
83 Section 3. Section 324.0222, Florida Statutes, is created
84 to read:
85 324.0222 Storage of electric vehicles; coverage.—
86 Nothing in ss. 125.0103, or 166.043, relating to the
87 storage of electric vehicles, requires a motor vehicle insurer
88 to pay any costs beyond what is covered pursuant to a contract
89 with their insured.
90 Section 4. Section 713.78, Florida Statutes, is amended to
91 read:
92 713.78 Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles
93 and vessels.—
94 (2)(a) A towing-storage operator may charge the owner or
95 operator of a vehicle or vessel only the following fees for, or
96 incidental to, the recovery, removal, or storage of the vehicle
97 or vessel:
98 1. Any reasonable fee for service specifically authorized
99 under s. 125.0103 or s. 166.043 by ordinance, resolution,
100 regulation, or rule of the county or municipality in which the
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101 service is performed.
102 2. Any reasonable fee for service specifically authorized
103 by the Division of Florida Highway Patrol of the Department of
104 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles under s. 321.051(2).
105 3. Any reasonable fee for service as agreed upon in
106 writing between a towing-storage operator and the owner of a
107 vehicle or vessel.
108 4. Any lien release administrative fee as set forth in
109 paragraph (15)(a).
110 5. Any reasonable administrative fee or charge imposed by
111 a county or municipality pursuant to s. 125.01047, s. 166.04465,
112 or s. 323.002 upon the registered owner or other legally
113 authorized person in control of a vehicle or vessel.
114 6. Any reasonable administrative fee for the storage of
115 electric vehicles that have been involved in an accident, which
116 may be charged in addition to fees specifically authorized under
117 s.125.0103 or s. 166.043. Such administrative fee may not exceed
118 $150. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "administrative
119 fee" means any fee imposed by a towing-storage or wrecker
120 operator for administrative costs added to the amount due for
121 towing and storing the electric vehicle that are associated with
122 and unique to the cleanup of the accident scene, debris removal,
123 and additional costs related to storing that are specific to an
124 electric vehicle that has been in an accident.
125 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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