OFF THE WIRE
All Florida Residents are requested to contact their legislators and
make sure the following bill in the legislature applies to Motorcycles
as well cars.
Especially the recent $2.00 fee added
for motorcycles. It should be noted this money was scheduled for
education and again it was taken and used for other things.
It is time past time for all motorcyclist to say enough is enough and
Do Not Tax Me For Things I Am Not Getting.
TALLAHASSEE BRIEFS Panel chief says car fee will roll back
An unpopular 2009 vehicle- registration fee hike will be rolled back,
the Senate’s budget chairman promised Thursday. The size of the
reduction is still a couple of months from being settled, as lawmakers
and Gov. Rick Scott have proposed different bottomline numbers.
But Appropriations Chairman Joe Negron, a Stuart Republican who is
spearheading the issue in the Senate, assured his colleagues that the
final total will be big. “What we can promise people is that the fee
decrease will be large and something that they’ll feel,” Negron told
members of the Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Appropriations Subcommittee.
The panel unanimously supported the proposal (SB 156), which is
projected to collectively save motorists $185 million during the
upcoming budget year, growing to $236.7 million the following year.
The reductions would translate to about $12 per vehicle registration
fee, or half the 2009 increase.
Scott, who was at a Brandon Honda dealership on Wednesday as he
continues to promote his proposal to roll back the 2009 hike by $400
million, called the vote an “important first step.”