Bill Text: FL S1268 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Freight Mobility and Trade Projects
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Transportation [S1268 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S1268-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 1268
By Senator Simpson
18-01097-16 20161268__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to freight mobility and trade
3 projects; amending s. 319.32, F.S., relating to fees
4 collected by the Department of Highway Safety and
5 Motor Vehicles for issuance of motor vehicle
6 certificates of title and related services; providing
7 for certain funds in the State Transportation Trust
8 Fund to be set aside for specified freight mobility
9 and trade projects or navigational channel projects;
10 amending s. 320.08, F.S., relating to motor vehicle
11 license taxes; providing that certain fees collected
12 shall be set aside for specified freight mobility and
13 trade projects or navigational channel projects;
14 providing an effective date.
15
16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
17
18 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 319.32, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition.—
21 (5)(a) Forty-seven dollars of each fee collected, except
22 for fees charged on a certificate of title for a motor vehicle
23 for hire registered under s. 320.08(6), for each applicable
24 original certificate of title and each applicable duplicate copy
25 of a certificate of title, after deducting the service charges
26 imposed by s. 215.20, shall be deposited into the State
27 Transportation Trust Fund. Any deposits in excess of $200
28 million in any fiscal year shall be set aside for freight
29 mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility
30 and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational
31 channel deepening or maintenance projects approved by the United
32 States Army Corps of Engineers. Deposits to the State
33 Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to this paragraph may not
34 exceed $200 million in any fiscal year, and any collections in
35 excess of that amount during the fiscal year shall be paid into
36 the General Revenue Fund.
37 (b) All fees collected pursuant to subsection (3) shall be
38 paid into the Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund. Twenty-one dollars of
39 each fee, except for fees charged on a certificate of title for
40 a motor vehicle for hire registered under s. 320.08(6), for each
41 applicable original certificate of title and each applicable
42 duplicate copy of a certificate of title, after deducting the
43 service charges imposed by s. 215.20, shall be deposited into
44 the State Transportation Trust Fund. All other fees collected by
45 the department under this chapter shall be paid into the State
46 Transportation Trust Fund and used to fund freight mobility and
47 trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
48 pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or
49 maintenance projects approved by the United States Army Corps of
50 Engineers General Revenue Fund.
51 Section 2. Subsections (4), (5), (7), (8), and (15) of
52 section 320.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
53 320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
54 there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
55 operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
56 defined in s. 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
57 and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid
58 to and collected by the department or its agent upon the
59 registration or renewal of registration of the following:
60 (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
61 VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
62 (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
63 than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be set
64 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
65 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
66 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
67 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
68 General Revenue Fund.
69 (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
70 than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be set
71 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
72 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
73 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
74 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
75 General Revenue Fund.
76 (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
77 than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be set aside
78 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
79 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
80 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
81 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
82 General Revenue Fund.
83 (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
84 than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be set aside
85 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
86 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
87 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
88 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
89 General Revenue Fund.
90 (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
91 than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be set aside
92 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
93 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
94 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
95 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
96 General Revenue Fund.
97 (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
98 than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be set aside
99 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
100 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
101 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
102 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
103 General Revenue Fund.
104 (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
105 than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be set aside for
106 freight mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight
107 Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
108 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
109 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
110 General Revenue Fund.
111 (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
112 than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be set aside
113 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
114 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
115 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
116 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
117 General Revenue Fund.
118 (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
119 than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be set aside
120 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
121 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
122 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
123 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
124 General Revenue Fund.
125 (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
126 than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be set aside
127 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
128 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
129 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
130 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
131 General Revenue Fund.
132 (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
133 than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be set
134 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
135 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
136 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
137 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
138 General Revenue Fund.
139 (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
140 flat, of which $343 shall be set aside for freight mobility and
141 trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
142 pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or
143 maintenance projects approved by the United States Army Corps of
144 Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
145 (m)1. Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
146 truck tractor used within a 150-mile radius of its home address
147 is eligible for a license plate for a fee of $324 flat if:
148 a.1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
149 forestry products; or
150 b.2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
151 forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
152 associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
153 the truck tractor.
154 2. Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be set
155 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
156 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
157 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
158 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
159 General Revenue Fund.
160 (n)1. A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a
161 for-hire vehicle, which is engaged exclusively in transporting
162 raw, unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or
163 horticultural products within a 150-mile radius of its home
164 address, is eligible for a restricted license plate for a fee
165 of:
166 a.1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
167 less than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
168 set aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in
169 the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or
170 for navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects
171 approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited
172 into the General Revenue Fund.
173 b.2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
174 44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
175 point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
176 point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
177 water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
178 shall be set aside for freight mobility and trade projects
179 identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s.
180 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or maintenance
181 projects approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
182 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
183 2. Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
184 exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
185 nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
186 incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
187 delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
188 documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility prior to
189 issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
190 paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
191 must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
192 nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
193 user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
194 (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
195 SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
196 (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
197 of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
198 or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be set aside for
199 freight mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight
200 Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
201 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
202 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
203 General Revenue Fund.
204 2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
205 fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
206 which $18 shall be set aside for freight mobility and trade
207 projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
208 pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or
209 maintenance projects approved by the United States Army Corps of
210 Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
211 (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
212 for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
213 construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
214 designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
215 described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
216 shall be set aside for freight mobility and trade projects
217 identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s.
218 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or maintenance
219 projects approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
220 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
221 (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
222 and from school or school or church activities or functions
223 within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be set
224 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
225 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
226 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
227 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
228 General Revenue Fund.
229 (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
230 tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
231 stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
232 320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
233 $41 flat, of which $11 shall be set aside for freight mobility
234 and trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade
235 Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel
236 deepening or maintenance projects approved by the United States
237 Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
238 (e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
239 vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
240 paragraph (d), as follows:
241 1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
242 than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be set aside
243 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
244 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
245 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
246 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
247 General Revenue Fund.
248 2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
249 than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be set aside
250 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
251 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
252 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
253 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
254 General Revenue Fund.
255 3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
256 than 26,000 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be set aside
257 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
258 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
259 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
260 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
261 General Revenue Fund.
262 4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
263 than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be set aside
264 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
265 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
266 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
267 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
268 General Revenue Fund.
269 5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
270 than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be set aside
271 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
272 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
273 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
274 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
275 General Revenue Fund.
276 6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
277 than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be set aside
278 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
279 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
280 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
281 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
282 General Revenue Fund.
283 7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
284 than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be set aside
285 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
286 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
287 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
288 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
289 General Revenue Fund.
290 8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
291 than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be set
292 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
293 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
294 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
295 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
296 General Revenue Fund.
297 9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
298 flat, of which $343 shall be set aside for freight mobility and
299 trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
300 pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or
301 maintenance projects approved by the United States Army Corps of
302 Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
303 (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
304 shall be set aside for freight mobility and trade projects
305 identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s.
306 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or maintenance
307 projects approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
308 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
309 (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
310 (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
311 year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be set aside for
312 freight mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight
313 Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
314 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
315 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
316 General Revenue Fund.
317 (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
318 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
319 cwt, of which 25 cents shall be set aside for freight mobility
320 and trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade
321 Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel
322 deepening or maintenance projects approved by the United States
323 Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
324 (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
325 (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
326 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
327 cwt, of which 50 cents shall be set aside for freight mobility
328 and trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade
329 Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel
330 deepening or maintenance projects approved by the United States
331 Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
332 (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
333 $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
334 $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be set aside for freight
335 mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility
336 and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational
337 channel deepening or maintenance projects approved by the United
338 States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the General
339 Revenue Fund.
340 (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
341 transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
342 $26.25 shall be set aside for freight mobility and trade
343 projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
344 pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or
345 maintenance projects approved by the United States Army Corps of
346 Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
347 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
