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The Committee on Agriculture (Diaz de la Portilla) recommended

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the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 71-72

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insert:

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Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 316.535, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     316.535  Maximum weights.--

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     (4)  With respect to the Interstate Highway System, in all

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cases in which it exceeds state law in effect on January 4, 1975,

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the overall gross weight on a group of two or more consecutive

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axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles, including all

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enforcement tolerances, shall be as determined by the following

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formula:

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W = 500((LN / (N-1)) + 12N + 36)

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where W = the overall gross weight on any group of two or more

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consecutive axles to the nearest 500 pounds; L = the distance in

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feet between the extremes of any group of two or more consecutive

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axles; and N = the number of axles in the group under

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consideration. Such overall gross weight of any vehicle or

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combination of vehicles may not exceed 80,000 pounds, including

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all enforcement tolerances, except that, for a vehicle or

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combination of vehicles moving agricultural or forestry products

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from the point of harvest to the first point of marketing or

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processing when no part of such movement is upon any highway

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designated as a part of the National System of Interstate and

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Defense Highways, the vehicle or combination of vehicles may not

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exceed an overall gross weight of 84,000 pounds, including all

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enforcement tolerances.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Line 10, after the semicolon

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insert:

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amending s. 316.535, F.S.; providing an exception to the

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limitation on overall gross weight for vehicles hauling

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agricultural or forestry products on the Interstate

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Highway System from the point of production to the first

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point of marketing or processing;

4/2/2008  12:10:00 PM     TR.AG.06515