Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1072
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/06/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Brandes) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (o) is added to subsection (4) of
    6  section 320.08, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
    8  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
    9  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
   10  defined in s. 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
   11  and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid
   12  to and collected by the department or its agent upon the
   13  registration or renewal of registration of the following:
   14         (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
   15  VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
   16         (o) A melon-hauling vehicle is eligible for a restricted
   17  license plate for a fee of: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall
   18  be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
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   20  The term “melon-hauling vehicle” means a vehicle with a declared
   21  gross vehicle weight of less than 44,000 pounds which is used
   22  for the purpose of transporting melons from a farm or harvest
   23  place to the first place of processing, storage, or sale within
   24  150 miles of the farmer’s farm.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   31  and insert:
   32                        A bill to be entitled                      
   33         An act relating to registration of melon-hauling
   34         vehicles; amending s. 320.08, F.S.; providing that a
   35         melon-hauling vehicle is eligible for a restricted
   36         license plate for a specified fee; requiring that a
   37         specified amount of such fee be deposited into the
   38         General Revenue Fund; defining the term “melon-hauling
   39         vehicle”; providing an effective date.