本田思域天然气加入佛罗里达州立大学的船队，2012（图片前苏联）

上周四佛罗里达州众议院已经批准了一项税收激励方案，提供车辆经营者的激励机制在国家拥抱天然气汽车。根据能源与公用事业小组汇总分析，比尔HB579“创建建立了燃油税使用天然气作为汽车燃料柴油2019年1月1日开始，对于类似的结构，从而豁免天然气燃料从燃料税五年“。

继续总结分析：

“该法案还免除了天然气燃料州的销售税和使用税和扩大”提高能源效率“，包括”系统安装由当地政府基础设施附加税授权下使用天然气燃料“的定义。该法案可能会导致司机使用天然气燃料汽车，同比增长正在由传统燃料，天然气燃料转换车队，并增加天然气燃料补给基础设施跨州的储蓄增加。“

比尔 -

• 允许天然气燃料零售商在特定条件下寻求抵扣税款征收;
• 提供天然气燃料税的豁免及退款;
• 扩大利用地方政府基础设施附加税包括天然气燃料系统安装;
• 提供天然气和天然气燃料税的豁免;
• 建立天然气燃料车队车辆退税计划内DOACS（农业和消费者服务部）;

修订条例草案获得通过，然后注册（见尾注）5月2日，他的签名发送给州长里克·斯科特。法例生效后的2014年1月1日。

准备条例草案获得通过佛罗里达州的天然气汽车联盟（FNGVC）向政府提供利益的声明与使用天然气车队的卡车。中列出的总结：

• 天然气汽车可以为公司节省30％-50％的燃料成本。
• 中央燃料和维护，使船队极有利于CNG燃料的基础设施。
• 虽然这是事实，佛罗里达州目前拥有相对较少的天然气加油站到位，有几家公司提供无成本或低成本的选择等基础设施的建设和维护。
• 天然气汽车的维护上没有更多的问题，往往比传统柴油车更容易。
• 转换为CNG的成本降低。此外，这种成本所抵消节省直接购买天然气汽车的燃料成本和可能的财政奖励。

庆祝成功通过这一立法爱德纵横交错，董事长FNGVC，说明条例草案创建了600万美元/年的回扣计划的公司，要购买和扩大自己的NGV车队。

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尾注：登记条例草案的终稿已经通过了一项法案，美国的立法议会两院，并已专门重印准备为主席的参议院和众议院议长的签名。这些确认签名后，登记的法案向总督。

Honda Civic Natural Gas joins Florida State University fleet, 2012 (Image FSU)

The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday has approved a tax incentive package that provides incentives for vehicle operators in the State to embrace natural gas vehicles. According to the Energy and Utilities Sub-committee Summary Analysis, Bill H.B.579 “creates establishes a fuel tax structure for natural gas used as a motor fuel similar to that for diesel fuel beginning January 1, 2019, thereby exempting natural gas fuel from fuel taxes for five years.”

The Summary Analysis continues:

“The bill also exempts natural gas fuel from state sales and use taxes and expands the definition of “energy efficiency improvement” to include “installation of systems for natural gas fuel” under uses authorized by the Local Government Infrastructure Surtax. The bill may result in increased savings for drivers utilizing vehicles powered by natural gas fuel, an increase in conversions of vehicle fleets from being powered by traditional fuels to natural gas fuel, and an increase in natural gas refueling infrastructure across the state.”

The Bill –

• allows natural gas fuel retailers to seek deduction of tax levied under specified conditions;
• provides exemptions & refunds from natural gas fuel tax;
• expands use of local government infrastructure surtax to include installation of systems for natural gas fuel;
• provides exemption from taxes for natural gas & natural gas fuel;
• creates natural gas fuel fleet vehicle rebate program within DOACS (Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services);

The Bill was passed with amendments, then enrolled (see EndNote) May 2nd and sent to Governor Rick Scott for his signature. The legislation becomes effective 1 January 2014.

In preparation for the Bill’s passage the Florida Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition (FNGVC) provided the Government with a statement of benefits associated with the use of natural gas for fleet trucks. As listed in the summary:

• Natural gas vehicles can save a company 30%–50% of its fuel costs.
• Central fuel and maintenance make fleets highly conducive to CNG fueling infrastructure.
• While it is true that Florida currently has relatively few natural gas fueling stations in place, several companies offer no-cost or low-cost options for construction and maintenance of such infrastructure.
• Maintenance on a natural gas vehicle is no more problematic and often easier than traditional diesel trucks.
• The cost of converting to CNG is decreasing. In addition, such costs are offset by savings in direct fuel costs and possible financial incentives for the purchase of natural gas vehicles.

Celebrating the successful adoption of this legislation Ed Criss, chairman of FNGVC, explains the Bill creates a $6 million/year rebate program for companies that want to buy and expand their NGV fleets.

Click here to see the Summary Analysis online.

EndNote: An Enrolled Bill is a final copy of a bill that has passed both houses of a U.S. Legislative Assembly and has been specially reprinted in preparation for the signatures of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. After these confirmatory signatures, the enrolled bill goes to the Governor.