Vehicle Fees Rollback Gets Hearing

January 5, 2014

A closely-watched measure to reduce vehicle-registration fees will get its first hearing since Gov. Rick Scott threw his support behind a similar idea as part of his legislative agenda.

The Senate Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee is set to take up the proposal  next Thursday.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, would roll back about half the unpopular 2009 hike in the fees. The decrease in fees would cost almost $182 million in the budget year that begins July 1, and $233 million a year after that. But Scott has endorsed doing away with the whole increase, something that would bring the price tag up to $401 million. Lawmakers could amend Scott’s plan onto the bill, though no amendments have been filed yet.

Negron’s measure unanimously passed the Senate Transportation Committee in October, more than a month before Scott announced his support.

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3 Responses to “Vehicle Fees Rollback Gets Hearing”

  1. marshall on January 7th, 2014 12:44 am

    dixiebug – you must have had some other fees or something if you paid $500 to just get the tag. I got the tag for my SUV and a Trailer for two years as was about 240 for both. You had to have some taxes or something….more than just tag fees…

  2. Jane on January 6th, 2014 8:23 am

    Send ‘em some emails folks, if you want those fees rolled back!!!!!

  3. dixiebug on January 5th, 2014 7:35 pm

    It cost me $500.00 to register my $1500 dollar car..wish I cpold get some of that back….

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