Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1072
       
       
        
       By Senator Evers
       
       
       
       
       
       2-01379-15                                            20151072__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to registration of agriculture
    3         transport vehicles; amending s. 320.08, F.S.;
    4         providing a fee for registration of modified
    5         agriculture vehicles; providing a definition; amending
    6         s. 322.53, F.S.; exempting drivers of modified
    7         agriculture vehicles from the requirement to possess a
    8         valid commercial driver license; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (3) of
   14  section 320.08, Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
   16  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
   17  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
   18  defined in s. 316.003(2), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
   19  and mobile homes, as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid
   20  to and collected by the department or its agent upon the
   21  registration or renewal of registration of the following:
   22         (3) TRUCKS.—
   23         (f) A modified agriculture vehicle: $7.50 flat. The term
   24  “modified agriculture vehicle” means a vehicle that has been
   25  modified from its original use so that the transport of raw
   26  agricultural commodities from a farm to its first point of
   27  delivery is the vehicle’s primary purpose.
   28         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
   29  322.53, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   30         322.53 License required; exemptions.—
   31         (2) The following persons are exempt from the requirement
   32  to obtain a commercial driver license:
   33         (c)1. Farmers transporting agricultural products, farm
   34  supplies, or farm machinery to or from their farms and within
   35  150 miles of their farms, if the vehicle operated under this
   36  exemption is not used in the operations of a common or contract
   37  motor carrier.
   38         2. Drivers of modified agriculture vehicles registered
   39  under s. 320.08(3)(f).
   40         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.