Bill Text: FL S0958 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Freight Mobility and Trade Projects
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Transportation [S0958 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S0958-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2015 SB 958
By Senator Simpson
18-00889-15 2015958__
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; amending s. 320.08, F.S., relating
10 to motor vehicle license taxes; providing that certain
11 fees collected shall be set aside for specified
12 freight mobility and trade projects; providing an
13 effective date.
14
15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
16
17 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 319.32, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition.—
20 (5)(a) Forty-seven dollars of each fee collected, except
21 for fees charged on a certificate of title for a motor vehicle
22 for hire registered under s. 320.08(6), for each applicable
23 original certificate of title and each applicable duplicate copy
24 of a certificate of title, after deducting the service charges
25 imposed by s. 215.20, shall be deposited into the State
26 Transportation Trust Fund. Any deposits in excess of $200
27 million in any fiscal year shall be set aside for freight
28 mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility
29 and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational
30 channel deepening or maintenance projects approved by the United
31 States Army Corps of Engineers. Deposits to the State
32 Transportation Trust Fund pursuant to this paragraph may not
33 exceed $200 million in any fiscal year, and any collections in
34 excess of that amount during the fiscal year shall be paid into
35 the General Revenue Fund.
36 (b) All fees collected pursuant to subsection (3) shall be
37 paid into the Nongame Wildlife Trust Fund. Twenty-one dollars of
38 each fee, except for fees charged on a certificate of title for
39 a motor vehicle for hire registered under s. 320.08(6), for each
40 applicable original certificate of title and each applicable
41 duplicate copy of a certificate of title, after deducting the
42 service charges imposed by s. 215.20, shall be deposited into
43 the State Transportation Trust Fund. All other fees collected by
44 the department under this chapter shall be paid into the State
45 Transportation Trust Fund and used to fund freight mobility and
46 trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
47 pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or
48 maintenance projects approved by the United States Army Corps of
49 Engineers General Revenue Fund.
50 Section 2. Subsections (4), (5), (7), (8), and (15) of
51 section 320.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
52 320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
53 there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
54 operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
55 defined in s. 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
56 and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid
57 to and collected by the department or its agent upon the
58 registration or renewal of registration of the following:
59 (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
60 VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
61 (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
62 than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be set
63 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
64 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
65 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
66 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
67 General Revenue Fund.
68 (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
69 than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be set
70 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
71 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
72 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
73 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
74 General Revenue Fund.
75 (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
76 than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be set aside
77 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
78 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
79 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
80 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
81 General Revenue Fund.
82 (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
83 than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be set aside
84 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
85 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
86 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
87 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
88 General Revenue Fund.
89 (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
90 than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be set aside
91 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
92 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
93 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
94 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
95 General Revenue Fund.
96 (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
97 than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be set aside
98 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
99 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
100 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
101 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
102 General Revenue Fund.
103 (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
104 than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be set aside for
105 freight mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight
106 Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
107 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
108 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
109 General Revenue Fund.
110 (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
111 than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be set aside
112 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
113 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
114 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
115 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
116 General Revenue Fund.
117 (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
118 than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be set aside
119 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
120 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
121 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
122 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
123 General Revenue Fund.
124 (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
125 than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be set aside
126 for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
127 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
128 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
129 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
130 General Revenue Fund.
131 (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
132 than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be set
133 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
134 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
135 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
136 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
137 General Revenue Fund.
138 (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
139 flat, of which $343 shall be set aside for freight mobility and
140 trade projects identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan
141 pursuant to s. 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or
142 maintenance projects approved by the United States Army Corps of
143 Engineers deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
144 (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
145 truck tractor used within a 150-mile radius of its home address
146 is eligible for a license plate for a fee of $324 flat if:
147 1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
148 forestry products; or
149 2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
150 forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
151 associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
152 the truck tractor.
153
154 Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be set aside for
155 freight mobility and trade projects identified in the Freight
156 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) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
161 hire vehicle, which is engaged exclusively in transporting raw,
162 unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural
163 products within a 150-mile radius of its home address, is
164 eligible for a restricted license plate for a fee of:
165 1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
166 than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be set
167 aside for freight mobility and trade projects identified in the
168 Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s. 334.044 or for
169 navigational channel deepening or maintenance projects approved
170 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers deposited into the
171 General Revenue Fund.
172 2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
173 44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
174 point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
175 point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
176 water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
177 shall be set aside for freight mobility and trade projects
178 identified in the Freight Mobility and Trade Plan pursuant to s.
179 334.044 or for navigational channel deepening or maintenance
180 projects approved by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
181 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
182
183 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, 2015.
