HB 869

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to license taxes; amending s. 320.08,
3	F.S.; revises the annual license tax for operation of
4	motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles, trailers, and
5	mobile homes; providing an effective date.
6
7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8
9	Section 1.  Section 320.08, Florida Statutes, as amended by
10	chapter 2009-14, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
11	320.08  License taxes.--Except as otherwise provided
12	herein, there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes
13	for the operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles
14	as defined in s. 316.003(2), and mobile homes, as defined in s.
15	320.01, which shall be paid to and collected by the department
16	or its agent upon the registration or renewal of registration of
17	the following:
18	(1)  MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.--
19	(a)  Any motorcycle: $20 $10 flat.
20	(b)  Any moped: $15 $5 flat.
21	(c)  Upon registration of any motorcycle, motor-driven
22	cycle, or moped there shall be paid in addition to the license
23	taxes specified in this subsection a nonrefundable motorcycle
24	safety education fee in the amount of $2.50. The proceeds of
25	such additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
26	Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
27	program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
28	Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
29	or the general operations of the department.
30	(d)  An ancient or antique motorcycle: $20 $10 flat.
31	(2)  AUTOMOBILES FOR PRIVATE USE.--
32	(a)  An ancient or antique automobile, as defined in s.
33	320.086, or a street rod, as defined in s. 320.0863: $17.50
34	$7.50 flat.
35	(b)  Net weight of less than 2,500 pounds: $24.50 $14.50
36	flat.
37	(c)  Net weight of 2,500 pounds or more, but less than
38	3,500 pounds: $32.50 $22.50 flat.
39	(d)  Net weight of 3,500 pounds or more: $42.50 $32.50
40	flat.
41	(3)  TRUCKS.--
42	(a)  Net weight of less than 2,000 pounds: $24.50 $14.50
43	flat.
44	(b)  Net weight of 2,000 pounds or more, but not more than
45	3,000 pounds: $32.50 $22.50 flat.
46	(c)  Net weight more than 3,000 pounds, but not more than
47	5,000 pounds: $42.50 $32.50 flat.
48	(d)  A truck defined as a "goat," or any other vehicle when
49	used in the field by a farmer or in the woods for the purpose of
50	harvesting a crop, including naval stores, during such
51	harvesting operations, and which is not principally operated
52	upon the roads of the state: $17.50 $7.50 flat. A "goat" is a
53	motor vehicle designed, constructed, and used principally for
54	the transportation of citrus fruit within citrus groves or for
55	the transportation of crops on farms, and which can also be used
56	for the hauling of associated equipment or supplies, including
57	required sanitary equipment, and the towing of farm trailers.
58	(e)  An ancient or antique truck, as defined in s. 320.086:
59	$17.50 $7.50 flat.
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: $55 $45 flat.
64	(b)  Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
65	than 8,000 pounds: $75 $65 flat.
66	(c)  Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
67	than 10,000 pounds: $86 $76 flat.
68	(d)  Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but
69	less than 15,000 pounds: $97 $87 flat.
70	(e)  Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but
71	less than 20,000 pounds: $141 $131 flat.
72	(f)  Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but
73	less than 26,001 pounds: $196 $186 flat.
74	(g)  Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but
75	less than 35,000: $250 $240 flat.
76	(h)  Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but
77	less than 44,000 pounds: $310 $300 flat.
78	(i)  Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but
79	less than 55,000 pounds: $582 $572 flat.
80	(j)  Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but
81	less than 62,000 pounds: $688 $678 flat.
82	(k)  Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but
83	less than 72,000 pounds: $810 $800 flat.
84	(l)  Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $989
85	$979 flat.
86	(m)  Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
87	truck tractor used within a 150-mile radius of its home address
88	shall be eligible for a license plate for a fee of $250 $240
89	flat if:
90	1.  The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
91	forestry products; or
92	2.  The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
93	forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
94	associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
95	the truck tractor.
96	(n)  A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for-
97	hire vehicle, which is engaged exclusively in transporting raw,
98	unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural
99	products within a 150-mile radius of its home address, shall be
100	eligible for a restricted license plate for a fee of $75 $65
101	flat, if such vehicle's declared gross vehicle weight is less
102	than 44,000 pounds; or $250 $240 flat, if such vehicle's
103	declared gross vehicle weight is 44,000 pounds or more and such
104	vehicle only transports:
105	1.  From the point of production to the point of primary
106	manufacture;
107	2.  From the point of production to the point of assembling
108	the same; or
109	3.  From the point of production to a shipping point of
110	either a rail, water, or motor transportation company.
111
112	Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
113	exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
114	nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
115	incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers when
116	delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
117	such documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility
118	prior to issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
119	paragraph, "not-for-hire" means the owner of the motor vehicle
120	must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
121	nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
122	user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
123	(5)  SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
124	SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.--
125	(a)1.  A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
126	of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $20 $10 flat per registration year
127	or any part thereof.
128	2.  A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of
129	a fifth-wheel arrangement: $60 $50 flat per permanent
130	registration.
131	(b)  A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
132	for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
133	construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
134	designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
135	described above over public roads: $42.50 $32.50 flat.
136	(c)  A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
137	and from school or school or church activities or functions
138	within their own county: $40 $30 flat.
139	(d)  A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01(40), which is used
140	to tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02(39), a disabled,
141	abandoned, stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as
142	defined in s. 320.01(38), or a replacement motor vehicle as
143	defined in s. 320.01(39): $40 $30 flat.
144	(e)  A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01(40), which is used
145	to tow any motor vehicle, regardless of whether or not such
146	motor vehicle is a disabled motor vehicle as defined in s.
147	320.01(38), a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s.
148	320.01(39), a vessel as defined in s. 327.02(39), or any other
149	cargo, as follows:
150	1.  Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
151	than 15,000 pounds: $97 $87 flat.
152	2.  Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
153	than 20,000 pounds: $141 $131 flat.
154	3.  Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
155	than 26,000 pounds: $196 $186 flat.
156	4.  Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
157	than 35,000 pounds: $250 $240 flat.
158	5.  Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
159	than 44,000 pounds: $310 $300 flat.
160	6.  Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
161	than 55,000 pounds: $582 $572 flat.
162	7.  Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
163	than 62,000 pounds: $688 $678 flat.
164	8.  Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
165	than 72,000 pounds: $810 $800 flat.
166	9.  Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $989
167	$979 flat.
168	(f)  A hearse or ambulance: $40 $30 flat.
169	(6)  MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.--
170	(a)  Under nine passengers: $22.50 $12.50 flat plus $1 per
171	cwt.
172	(b)  Nine passengers and over: $22.50 $12.50 flat plus
173	$1.50 per cwt.
174	(7)  TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.--
175	(a)  Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $15 $5 flat
176	per year or any part thereof.
177	(b)  Net weight over 500 pounds: $12.50 $2.50 flat plus 75
178	cents per cwt.
179	(8)  TRAILERS FOR HIRE.--
180	(a)  Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $12.50 $2.50 flat plus
181	$1 per cwt.
182	(b)  Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $20 $10 flat plus $1
183	per cwt.
184	(9)  RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.--
185	(a)  A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
186	s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $30 $20
187	flat.
188	(b)  A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
189	$20 $10 flat.
190	(c)  A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
191	1.  Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $30 $20 flat.
192	2.  Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $45 $35 flat.
193	(d)  A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
194	1.  Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $30 $20 flat.
195	2.  Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $45 $35 flat.
196	(e)  A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
197	1.  Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $30 $20 flat.
198	2.  Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $45 $35 flat.
199	(10)  PARK TRAILERS; TRAVEL TRAILERS; FIFTH-WHEEL TRAILERS;
200	35 FEET TO 40 FEET.--
201	(a)  Park trailers.--Any park trailer, as defined in s.
202	320.01(1)(b)7.: $35 $25 flat.
203	(b)  A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined in
204	s. 320.01(1)(b), that exceeds 35 feet: $35 $25 flat.
205	(11)  MOBILE HOMES.--
206	(a)  A mobile home not exceeding 35 feet in length: $30 $20
207	flat.
208	(b)  A mobile home over 35 feet in length, but not
209	exceeding 40 feet: $35 $25 flat.
210	(c)  A mobile home over 40 feet in length, but not
211	exceeding 45 feet: $40 $30 flat.
212	(d)  A mobile home over 45 feet in length, but not
213	exceeding 50 feet: $45 $35 flat.
214	(e)  A mobile home over 50 feet in length, but not
215	exceeding 55 feet: $50 $40 flat.
216	(f)  A mobile home over 55 feet in length, but not
217	exceeding 60 feet: $55 $45 flat.
218	(g)  A mobile home over 60 feet in length, but not
219	exceeding 65 feet: $60 $50 flat.
220	(h)  A mobile home over 65 feet in length: $90 $80 flat.
221	(12)  DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.--A franchised
222	motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
223	boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
224	license plate: $22.50 $12.50 flat.
225	(13)  EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.--Any exempt or
226	official license plate: $13 $3 flat.
227	(14)  LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.--A motor
228	vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
229	miles thereof: $22.50 $12.50 flat plus $1.50 per cwt.
230	(15)  TRANSPORTER.--Any transporter license plate issued to
231	a transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $85 $75 flat.
232	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

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