Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1072
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/12/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Evers) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 23 - 39
    4  and insert:
    5         (f) A melon hauling vehicle: $7.50 flat. The term “melon
    6  hauling vehicle” means a vehicle that has been altered from its
    7  original use so that the primary purpose is to transport melons
    8  from a farm or harvest place to the first place of processing or
    9  storage, or from a farm or harvest place directly to market.
   10         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
   11  322.53, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         322.53 License required; exemptions.—
   13         (2) The following persons are exempt from the requirement
   14  to obtain a commercial driver license:
   15         (c)1. Farmers transporting agricultural products, farm
   16  supplies, or farm machinery to or from their farms and within
   17  150 miles of their farms, if the vehicle operated under this
   18  exemption is not used in the operations of a common or contract
   19  motor carrier.
   20         2. Drivers of melon hauling vehicles registered under s.
   21  320.08(3)(f). However, such drivers must comply with 49 C.F.R.
   22  parts 382, 392, and 393 and 49 C.F.R. ss. 396.3(a)(1) and 396.9.
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete lines 2 - 8
   27  and insert:
   28         An act relating to registration of melon hauling
   29         vehicles; amending s. 320.08, F.S.; providing a fee
   30         for registration of a melon hauling vehicle; defining
   31         the term “melon hauling vehicle”; amending s. 322.53,
   32         F.S.; exempting drivers of melon hauling vehicles from
   33         the requirement to obtain a commercial driver license;
   34         requiring such drivers to comply with specified
   35         regulations; providing an