Proposal To Reduce Vehicle Registration Fees To Get Hearing
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) - A 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 (SB 156) on Thursday, Jan. 9th.
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.
The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.