Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 7068
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Economic Development (Lee) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 338.2278, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 338.2278 Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
8 Significance Program.—
9 (1) There is created within the department the Multi-use
10 Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program. The purpose
11 of the program is to revitalize rural communities, encourage job
12 creation, and provide regional connectivity while leveraging
13 technology, enhancing quality of life and public safety, and
14 protecting the environment and natural resources. The objective
15 of the program is to advance the construction of regional
16 corridors that are intended to accommodate multiple modes of
17 transportation and multiple types of infrastructure. The
18 intended benefits of the program include, but are not limited
19 to, addressing issues such as:
20 (a) Hurricane evacuation.
21 (b) Congestion mitigation.
22 (c) Trade and logistics.
23 (d) Broadband, water, and sewer connectivity.
24 (e) Energy distribution.
25 (f) Autonomous, connected, shared, and electric vehicle
26 technology.
27 (g) Other transportation modes, such as shared-use
28 nonmotorized trails, freight and passenger rail, and public
29 transit.
30 (h) Mobility as a service.
31 (i) Availability of a trained workforce skilled in
32 traditional and emerging technologies.
33 (j) Protection or enhancement of wildlife corridors or
34 environmentally sensitive areas.
35 (2) The program is composed of all of the following
36 corridors:
37 (a) Southwest-Central Florida Connector, extending from
38 Collier County to Polk County.
39 (b) Suncoast Connector, extending from Citrus County to
40 Jefferson County.
41 (c) Northern Turnpike Connector, extending from the
42 northern terminus of the Florida Turnpike northwest to the
43 Suncoast Parkway.
44 (3)(a) Projects undertaken in the corridors identified in
45 subsection (2) are tolled facilities and approved turnpike
46 projects that are part of the turnpike system, and are
47 considered as Strategic Intermodal System facilities.
48 (b) During the project development phase, the department
49 shall identify opportunities to accommodate or colocate multiple
50 types of infrastructure-addressing issues, such as those
51 identified in subsection (1), within or adjacent to the
52 corridors.
53 (c)1. During the project development phase, the department
54 shall utilize an inclusive, consensus-building mechanism for
55 each proposed multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2).
56 For each multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2), the
57 department shall convene a corridor task force composed of
58 appropriate representatives of:
59 a. The Department of Environmental Protection;
60 b. The Department of Economic Opportunity;
61 c. The Department of Education;
62 d. The Department of Health;
63 e. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
64 f. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
65 g. The local water management district or districts;
66 h. A local government official from each local government
67 within a proposed corridor;
68 i. Metropolitan planning organizations;
69 j. Regional planning councils; and
70 k. Other appropriate conservation or community not-for
71 profit organizations as determined by the department.
72 2. The secretary of the department shall appoint the
73 members of the respective corridor task forces by August 1,
74 2019.
75 3. Each corridor task force shall coordinate with the
76 department on pertinent aspects of corridor analysis, including
77 accommodation or colocation of multiple types of infrastructure,
78 addressing issues such as those identified in subsection (1),
79 within or adjacent to the corridor.
80 4. Each corridor task force shall evaluate the need for,
81 and the economic and environmental impacts of, hurricane
82 evacuation impacts of, and land use impacts of, the related
83 corridor as identified in subsection (2).
84 5. Each corridor task force shall hold a public meeting in
85 accordance with chapter 286 in each local government
86 jurisdiction in which a project within an identified corridor is
87 being considered.
88 6. To the maximum extent feasible, the department shall
89 adhere to the recommendations of the task force created for each
90 corridor in the design of the multiple modes of transportation
91 and multiple types of infrastructure associated with the
92 corridor. The task force for each corridor may consider and
93 recommend innovative concepts to combine right-of-way
94 acquisition with the acquisition of lands or easements to
95 facilitate environmental mitigation or ecosystem, wildlife
96 habitat, or water quality protection or restoration. The
97 department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental
98 Protection, may incorporate those features into each corridor
99 during the project development phase.
100 7. The Southwest-Central Florida Connector corridor task
101 force shall:
102 a. Address the impacts of the construction of a project
103 within the corridor on panther and other critical wildlife
104 habitat and evaluate in its final report the need for
105 acquisition of lands for state conservation or as mitigation for
106 project construction; and
107 b. Evaluate wildlife crossing design features to protect
108 panther and other critical wildlife habitat corridor
109 connections.
110 8. The Suncoast Connector corridor task force and the
111 Northern Turnpike Connector corridor task force shall evaluate
112 design features and the need for acquisition of state
113 conservation lands that mitigate the impact of project
114 construction within the respective corridors on:
115 a. The water quality and quantity of springs, rivers, and
116 aquifer recharge areas;
117 b. Agricultural land uses; and
118 c. Wildlife habitat.
119 9. Each corridor task force shall issue its evaluations in
120 a final report that must be submitted to the Governor, the
121 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
122 Representatives by June 30, 2020.
123 (4)(a) Project construction in any corridor identified in
124 subsection (2) is not eligible for funding until submission of
125 the final report of the corridor task force for that corridor
126 required in subsection (3) and completion of 30 percent of the
127 design phase of any project within a corridor identified in
128 subsection (2), except for project phases that are under
129 construction or for which project alignment has been determined.
130 (b) Subject to the economic and environmental feasibility
131 statement requirements of s. 338.223, projects may be funded
132 through turnpike revenue bonds or right-of-way and bridge
133 construction bonds or financing by the Florida Department of
134 Transportation Financing Corporation; by advances from the State
135 Transportation Trust Fund; with funds obtained through the
136 creation of public-private partnerships; or any combination
137 thereof. The department also may accept donations of land for
138 use as transportation rights-of-way or to secure or use
139 transportation rights-of-way for such projects in accordance
140 with s. 337.25. To the extent legally available, any toll
141 revenues from the turnpike system not required for payment of
142 principal, interest, reserves, or other required deposits for
143 bonds; costs of operations and maintenance; other contractual
144 obligations; or system improvement project costs must be used to
145 repay advances received from the State Transportation Trust
146 Fund.
147 (c)1. Projects undertaken under this section are subject to
148 the department’s delegated responsibilities under s. 334.044(34)
149 for environmental review, consultation, or other action required
150 under any federal environmental law applicable to review or
151 approval of such projects. For projects that do not receive
152 federal aid or projects that do not require federal action, the
153 department must perform a project evaluation that considers the
154 following:
155 a. Project purpose and need;
156 b. An alternatives analysis;
157 c. Existing conditions of the project area and potential
158 impacts or enhancements the project may have on social,
159 economic, cultural, natural, and connectivity issues and
160 resources;
161 d. Anticipated permits identified during the project
162 development and environmental study;
163 e. Opportunities for stakeholder and regulatory agency
164 coordination; and
165 f. Public and agency comments and coordination.
166 2. At a minimum, for projects constructed under this
167 section, decisions on matters such as corridor configuration,
168 project alignment, and interchange locations must be determined
169 in accordance with applicable department rules, policies, and
170 procedures.
171 (5) In accordance with ss. 337.276, 338.227, and 339.0809,
172 the Division of Bond Finance may issue on behalf of the
173 department right-of-way and bridge construction bonds, turnpike
174 revenue bonds, and Florida Department of Transportation
175 Financing Corporation bonds to finance program projects, as
176 provided in the State Bond Act.
177 (6) To the maximum extent feasible, construction of the
178 projects shall begin no later than December 31, 2022, with the
179 corridors open to traffic no later than December 31, 2030.
180 (7) Funds that result from increased revenues to the State
181 Transportation Trust Fund derived from the amendments to s.
182 320.08 made by this act and deposited into the fund pursuant to
183 s. 320.20(5)(a) must be used as follows:
184 (a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, $45 million shall be
185 retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
186 remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
187 Fund.
188 (b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, $90 million shall be
189 retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
190 remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
191 Fund.
192 (c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year and each fiscal year
193 thereafter, all of the funds shall be retained in the State
194 Transportation Trust Fund.
195 (8) The amounts identified in subsection (7) by fiscal year
196 shall be allocated as follows:
197 (a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, to the:
198 1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
199 Program, $12.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
200 2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
201 used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
202 counties impacted by hurricanes;
203 3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
204 as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
205 counties impacted by hurricanes;
206 4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
207 be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
208 5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
209 as specified in s. 334.044(35).
210 (b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, to the:
211 1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
212 Program, $57.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
213 2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
214 used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
215 counties impacted by hurricanes;
216 3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
217 as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
218 counties impacted by hurricanes;
219 4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
220 be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
221 5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
222 as specified in s. 334.044(35).
223 (c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, to the:
224 1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
225 used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
226 counties impacted by hurricanes;
227 2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
228 as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
229 counties impacted by hurricanes;
230 3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
231 be used as specified in s. 427.0159;
232 4. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
233 as specified in s. 334.044(35); and
234 5. The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
235 for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
236 Program, as specified in this section.
237 (d) For the 2022-2023 fiscal year and each fiscal year
238 thereafter, to the:
239 1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
240 used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
241 counties impacted by hurricanes;
242 2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
243 as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
244 counties impacted by hurricanes;
245 3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
246 be used as specified in s. 427.015; and
247 4. The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
248 for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
249 Program, as specified in this section.
250 (e) Funds allocated to the Transportation Disadvantaged
251 Trust Fund in this subsection shall be used to award competitive
252 grants to community transportation coordinators and
253 transportation network companies for the purposes of providing
254 cost-effective, door-to-door, on-demand, and scheduled
255 transportation services that:
256 1. Increase a transportation disadvantaged person’s access
257 to and departure from job training, employment, health care, and
258 other life-sustaining services;
259 2. Enhance regional connectivity and cross-county mobility;
260 or
261 3. Reduce the difficulty in connecting transportation
262 disadvantaged persons to a transportation hub and from the hub
263 to their final destination.
264 (f) The funds allocated as provided in this subsection
265 shall be in addition to any other statutory funding allocations
266 provided by law.
267 (g) In each fiscal year in which funding provided under
268 this subsection for the Small County Road Assistance Program,
269 the Small County Outreach Program, the Transportation
270 Disadvantaged Trust Fund, or the workforce development program
271 is not committed by the end of each fiscal year, such
272 uncommitted funds shall be used by the department to fund Multi
273 use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program
274 projects. As provided in s. 339.135(7), the adopted work program
275 may be amended to transfer funds between appropriations
276 categories or to increase an appropriation category to implement
277 this paragraph.
278 (9) The department, in its discretion and for hurricane
279 impacted counties, may waive consideration of local matching
280 funds under s. 339.2816, relating to the Small County Road
281 Assistance Program, and may waive the match requirement of s.
282 339.2818, relating to the Small County Outreach Program, with
283 respect to project awards funded by the allocations to those
284 programs provided in this section.
285 Section 2. Subsection (35) is added to section 334.044,
286 Florida Statutes, to read:
287 334.044 Powers and duties of the department.—The department
288 shall have the following general powers and duties:
289 (35) To provide a road and bridge construction workforce
290 development program, in consultation with affected stakeholders,
291 for construction of projects designated in the department’s work
292 program.
293 (a) The workforce development program is intended to
294 provide direct economic benefits to communities in which the
295 department is constructing infrastructure projects and to
296 promote employment opportunities, including within areas of low
297 income and high unemployment.
298 (b) The department shall merge any of its own existing
299 workforce services into the program to create a robust workforce
300 development program. The workforce development program must
301 serve as a tool to address the construction labor shortage by
302 recruiting and developing a group of skilled workers for
303 infrastructure projects to increase the likelihood of department
304 projects remaining on time and within budget.
305 (c) To accomplish these activities, the department may
306 administer workforce development contracts with consultants and
307 nonprofit entities, such as local community partners, Florida
308 College System institutions, and technical institutions or
309 centers. These entities, as specified in a contract with the
310 department, shall have the primary purposes of providing all of
311 the following:
312 1. Workforce recruitment.
313 2. A training curriculum for the department’s road and
314 bridge construction projects which includes both traditional and
315 emerging construction methods and skills needed to construct
316 multi-use infrastructure and facilities accommodating emerging
317 technologies.
318 3. Support services to remove barriers to work.
319 (d) The department shall develop performance and outcome
320 metrics to ensure accountability and to measure the benefits and
321 cost-effectiveness of the program. By June 30, 2020, and
322 annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and provide a
323 report to the Governor, President of Senate, and Speaker of the
324 House of Representatives detailing the results of its findings
325 and containing any recommendations relating to future program
326 refinements.
327 Section 3. Subsections (1), (4) through (9), and (12)
328 through (15) of section 320.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to
329 read:
330 320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
331 there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
332 operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
333 defined in s. 316.003(4), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
334 and mobile homes as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid to
335 and collected by the department or its agent upon the
336 registration or renewal of registration of the following:
337 (1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
338 (a) Any motorcycle: $10 flat.
339 (b) Any moped: $5 flat.
340 (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
341 or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this
342 subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in
343 the amount of $2.50 shall be paid. The proceeds of such
344 additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
345 Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
346 program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
347 Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
348 or the general operations of the department.
349 (d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $7.50 flat, of which
350 $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
351 (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
352 VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
353 (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
354 than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
355 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
356 (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
357 than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
358 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
359 (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
360 than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be deposited
361 into the General Revenue Fund.
362 (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
363 than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
364 into the General Revenue Fund.
365 (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
366 than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
367 into the General Revenue Fund.
368 (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
369 than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
370 into the General Revenue Fund.
371 (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
372 than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the
373 General Revenue Fund.
374 (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
375 than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
376 into the General Revenue Fund.
377 (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
378 than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be deposited
379 into the General Revenue Fund.
380 (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
381 than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be deposited
382 into the General Revenue Fund.
383 (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
384 than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
385 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
386 (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
387 flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
388 Fund.
389 (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
390 truck tractor used within the state or within a 150-mile radius
391 of its home address is eligible for a license plate for a fee of
392 $324 flat if:
393 1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
394 forestry products; or
395 2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
396 forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
397 associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
398 the truck tractor.
399
400 Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
401 into the General Revenue Fund.
402 (n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
403 hire vehicle and which is engaged exclusively in transporting
404 raw, unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or
405 horticultural products within the state or within a 150-mile
406 radius of its home address is eligible for a restricted license
407 plate for a fee of:
408 1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
409 than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
410 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
411 2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
412 44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
413 point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
414 point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
415 water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
416 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
417
418 Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
419 exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
420 nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
421 incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
422 delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
423 documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility before
424 issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
425 paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
426 must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
427 nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
428 user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
429 (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
430 SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
431 (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
432 of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
433 or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
434 General Revenue Fund.
435 2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
436 fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
437 which $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
438 (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
439 for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
440 construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
441 designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
442 described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
443 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
444 (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
445 and from school or school or church activities or functions
446 within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be
447 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
448 (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
449 tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
450 stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
451 320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
452 $41 flat, of which $11 shall be deposited into the General
453 Revenue Fund.
454 (e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
455 vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
456 paragraph (d), as follows:
457 1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
458 than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
459 into the General Revenue Fund.
460 2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
461 than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
462 into the General Revenue Fund.
463 3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
464 than 26,000 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
465 into the General Revenue Fund.
466 4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
467 than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
468 into the General Revenue Fund.
469 5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
470 than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
471 into the General Revenue Fund.
472 6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
473 than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be deposited
474 into the General Revenue Fund.
475 7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
476 than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be deposited
477 into the General Revenue Fund.
478 8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
479 than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
480 deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
481 9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
482 flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
483 Fund.
484 (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
485 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
486 (6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
487 (a) Under nine passengers: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall
488 be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per cwt,
489 of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
490 Fund.
491 (b) Nine passengers and over: $17 flat, of which $4.50
492 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per
493 cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
494 Revenue Fund.
495 (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
496 (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
497 year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited into
498 the General Revenue Fund.
499 (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
500 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
501 cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the General
502 Revenue Fund.
503 (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
504 (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
505 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
506 cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
507 Revenue Fund.
508 (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
509 $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
510 $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
511 General Revenue Fund.
512 (9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
513 (a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
514 s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27
515 flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
516 Fund.
517 (b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
518 $13.50 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General
519 Revenue Fund.
520 (c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
521 1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
522 $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
523 2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
524 which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
525 (d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
526 1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
527 $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
528 2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
529 which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
530 (e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
531 1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
532 $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
533 2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
534 which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
535 (12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
536 motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
537 boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
538 license plate: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
539 the General Revenue Fund.
540 (13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
541 official license plate: $4 flat, of which $1 shall be deposited
542 into the General Revenue Fund, except that the registration or
543 renewal of a registration of a marine boat trailer exempt under
544 s. 320.102 is not subject to any license tax.
545 (14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
546 vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
547 miles thereof: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
548 the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per cwt, of which 50 cents
549 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
550 (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
551 transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
552 $26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
553 Section 4. Section 339.1373, Florida Statutes, is created
554 to read:
555 339.1373 Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
556 Significance Program; funding.—
557 (1) The department shall allocate sufficient funds to
558 implement the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
559 Significance Program, develop a plan to expend the revenues as
560 specified in s. 338.2278, and, prior to its adoption, amend the
561 current tentative work program for the 2019-2020 through 2023
562 2024 fiscal years to include program projects. In addition,
563 prior to adoption of the work program, the department shall
564 submit a budget amendment pursuant to s. 339.135(7), requesting
565 budget authority necessary to implement the program as specified
566 in s. 338.2278.
567 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
568 increase in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund
569 derived from the amendments to s. 320.08 made by this act and
570 deposited into the fund pursuant to s. 320.20(5)(a) shall be
571 used by the department to fund the programs as specified in s.
572 338.2278.
573 Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 339.0801, Florida
574 Statutes, is amended to read:
575 339.0801 Allocation of increased revenues derived from
576 amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) by ch. 2012-128.—Funds that result
577 from increased revenues to the State Transportation Trust Fund
578 derived from the amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) made by this act
579 must be used annually, first as set forth in subsection (1) and
580 then as set forth in subsections (2)-(5), notwithstanding any
581 other provision of law:
582 (2)(a) For each of the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022
583 fiscal years Beginning in the 2013-2014 fiscal year and annually
584 for up to 30 years thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred
585 to Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with
586 Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law, to the maximum extent feasible
587 for feeder roads, structures, interchanges, appurtenances, and
588 other rights to create or facilitate access to the existing
589 turnpike system.
590 (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 fiscal year and annually
591 thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred to Florida’s
592 Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with s. 338.2278,
593 with preference to feeder roads, interchanges, and appurtenances
594 that create or facilitate multi-use corridor access and
595 connectivity.
596 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
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599 And the title is amended as follows:
600 Delete everything before the enacting clause
601 and insert:
602 A bill to be entitled
603 An act relating to transportation; creating s.
604 338.2278, F.S.; creating the Multi-use Corridors of
605 Regional Economic Significance Program within the
606 Department of Transportation; providing the purpose of
607 the program; specifying the corridors included in the
608 program; specifying that projects undertaken in the
609 corridors are tolled facilities and certain approved
610 turnpike projects, and are considered as Strategic
611 Intermodal System facilities; requiring the department
612 to identify certain opportunities to accommodate or
613 colocate multiple types of infrastructure-addressing
614 issues during the project development phase; requiring
615 the department to utilize an inclusive, consensus
616 building mechanism for each proposed multi-use
617 corridor identified during the project development
618 phase; requiring the department to convene a corridor
619 task force composed of certain representatives for
620 each multi-use corridor; requiring the secretary of
621 the department to appoint the members of the
622 respective corridor task forces by a specified date;
623 providing requirements for the corridor tasks forces;
624 requiring the department to adhere to certain
625 recommendations of the task force created for each
626 corridor; authorizing the task force for each corridor
627 to consider and recommend certain innovative concepts;
628 authorizing the department, in consultation with the
629 Department of Environmental Protection, to incorporate
630 certain features into each corridor during the project
631 development phase; requiring each corridor task force
632 to submit a certain report to the Governor and the
633 Legislature by a specified date; providing specified
634 requirements that must be met before project
635 construction in any identified corridor is eligible
636 for funding; providing exceptions to such
637 requirements; authorizing sources of funding for the
638 projects; authorizing the department to accept certain
639 donations of land for the projects; requiring that
640 certain toll revenues from the turnpike system be used
641 to repay advances received from the State
642 Transportation Trust Fund; providing requirements for
643 the department relating to certain delegated
644 responsibilities; requiring the department to perform
645 a specified project evaluation on certain projects;
646 requiring that certain decisions on projects be
647 determined in accordance with applicable department
648 rules, policies, and procedures; authorizing the
649 Division of Bond Finance, on behalf of the department,
650 to issue certain bonds to finance projects in the
651 program, as provided in the State Bond Act; providing
652 specified dates for the construction of the projects
653 and opening of the corridors; providing for specified
654 transfers from the State Transportation Trust Fund to
655 the General Revenue Fund; providing for specified
656 allocations of such transfers; providing requirements
657 for use of funds allocated to the Transportation
658 Disadvantaged Trust Fund; providing that allocated
659 funds are in addition to any other statutory funding
660 allocations; requiring that specified uncommitted
661 funds be used by the department to fund program
662 projects; authorizing the adopted work program to be
663 amended to transfer funds between appropriations
664 categories or to increase an appropriation category
665 for a certain purpose; authorizing the department to
666 waive consideration of certain matching funds relating
667 to specified programs for hurricane-impacted counties
668 with respect to certain project awards; amending s.
669 334.044, F.S.; requiring that the department, in
670 consultation with affected stakeholders, provide a
671 road and bridge construction workforce development
672 program for construction of projects designated in the
673 department’s work program; providing intent for the
674 workforce development program; providing requirements
675 for the department and the program; authorizing the
676 department to administer certain workforce development
677 contracts with consultants and nonprofit entities;
678 providing primary purposes for such entities;
679 requiring the department to prepare and provide a
680 certain report to the Governor and the Legislature by
681 a specified date; amending s. 320.08, F.S.; deleting a
682 requirement that specified fees from annual license
683 taxes be deposited into the General Revenue Fund;
684 creating s. 339.1373, F.S.; requiring that the
685 department allocate sufficient funds to implement the
686 Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
687 Program, develop a plan to expend revenues, and, prior
688 to its adoption, amend the current tentative work
689 program for specified fiscal years to include program
690 projects; requiring the department to submit a certain
691 budget amendment; requiring that specified increases
692 in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund be
693 used by the department to fund the Multi-use Corridors
694 of Regional Economic Significance Program; amending s.
695 339.0801, F.S.; limiting to specified fiscal years a
696 previously authorized transfer of funds to Florida’s
697 Turnpike Enterprise; requiring that, beginning with a
698 specified fiscal year, such transfer be allocated for
699 a certain purpose with certain specified preferences;
700 providing an effective date.