Florida Senate - 2019                             CS for SB 7068
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Appropriations; and Infrastructure and
       Security
       
       
       
       
       576-04192-19                                          20197068c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to transportation; creating s.
    3         338.2278, F.S.; creating the Multi-use Corridors of
    4         Regional Economic Significance Program within the
    5         Department of Transportation; providing the purpose of
    6         the program; specifying the corridors included in the
    7         program; specifying that projects undertaken in the
    8         corridors are tolled facilities and certain approved
    9         turnpike projects, and are considered as Strategic
   10         Intermodal System facilities; requiring the department
   11         to identify certain opportunities to accommodate or
   12         colocate multiple types of infrastructure-addressing
   13         issues during the project development phase; requiring
   14         the department to utilize an inclusive, consensus
   15         building mechanism for each proposed multi-use
   16         corridor identified during the project development
   17         phase; requiring the department to convene a corridor
   18         task force composed of certain representatives for
   19         each multi-use corridor; requiring the secretary of
   20         the department to appoint the members of the
   21         respective corridor task forces by a specified date;
   22         providing requirements for the corridor tasks forces;
   23         requiring the department to adhere to certain
   24         recommendations of the task force created for each
   25         corridor; authorizing the task force for each corridor
   26         to consider and recommend certain innovative concepts;
   27         authorizing the department, in consultation with the
   28         Department of Environmental Protection, to incorporate
   29         certain features into each corridor during the project
   30         development phase; requiring each corridor task force
   31         to submit a certain report to the Governor and the
   32         Legislature by a specified date; providing specified
   33         requirements that must be met before project
   34         construction in any identified corridor is eligible
   35         for funding; providing exceptions to such
   36         requirements; authorizing sources of funding for the
   37         projects; authorizing the department to accept certain
   38         donations of land for the projects; requiring that
   39         certain toll revenues from the turnpike system be used
   40         to repay advances received from the State
   41         Transportation Trust Fund; providing requirements for
   42         the department relating to certain delegated
   43         responsibilities; requiring the department to perform
   44         a specified project evaluation on certain projects;
   45         requiring that certain decisions on projects be
   46         determined in accordance with applicable department
   47         rules, policies, and procedures; authorizing the
   48         Division of Bond Finance, on behalf of the department,
   49         to issue certain bonds to finance projects in the
   50         program, as provided in the State Bond Act; providing
   51         specified dates for the construction of the projects
   52         and opening of the corridors; providing for specified
   53         transfers from the State Transportation Trust Fund to
   54         the General Revenue Fund; providing for specified
   55         allocations of such transfers; providing requirements
   56         for use of funds allocated to the Transportation
   57         Disadvantaged Trust Fund; providing that allocated
   58         funds are in addition to any other statutory funding
   59         allocations; requiring that specified uncommitted
   60         funds be used by the department to fund program
   61         projects; authorizing the adopted work program to be
   62         amended to transfer funds between appropriations
   63         categories or to increase an appropriation category
   64         for a certain purpose; authorizing the department to
   65         waive consideration of certain matching funds relating
   66         to specified programs for hurricane-impacted counties
   67         with respect to certain project awards; amending s.
   68         334.044, F.S.; requiring that the department, in
   69         consultation with affected stakeholders, provide a
   70         road and bridge construction workforce development
   71         program for construction of projects designated in the
   72         department’s work program; providing intent for the
   73         workforce development program; providing requirements
   74         for the department and the program; authorizing the
   75         department to administer certain workforce development
   76         contracts with consultants and nonprofit entities;
   77         providing primary purposes for such entities;
   78         requiring the department to prepare and provide a
   79         certain report to the Governor and the Legislature by
   80         a specified date; amending s. 320.08, F.S.; deleting a
   81         requirement that specified fees from annual license
   82         taxes be deposited into the General Revenue Fund;
   83         creating s. 339.1373, F.S.; requiring that the
   84         department allocate sufficient funds to implement the
   85         Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
   86         Program, develop a plan to expend revenues, and, prior
   87         to its adoption, amend the current tentative work
   88         program for specified fiscal years to include program
   89         projects; requiring the department to submit a certain
   90         budget amendment; requiring that specified increases
   91         in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund be
   92         used by the department to fund the Multi-use Corridors
   93         of Regional Economic Significance Program; amending s.
   94         339.0801, F.S.; limiting to specified fiscal years a
   95         previously authorized transfer of funds to Florida’s
   96         Turnpike Enterprise; requiring that, beginning with a
   97         specified fiscal year, such transfer be allocated for
   98         a certain purpose with certain specified preferences;
   99         providing an effective date.
  100          
  101  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  102  
  103         Section 1. Section 338.2278, Florida Statutes, is created
  104  to read:
  105         338.2278 Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
  106  Significance Program.—
  107         (1) There is created within the department the Multi-use
  108  Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program. The purpose
  109  of the program is to revitalize rural communities, encourage job
  110  creation, and provide regional connectivity while leveraging
  111  technology, enhancing quality of life and public safety, and
  112  protecting the environment and natural resources. The objective
  113  of the program is to advance the construction of regional
  114  corridors that are intended to accommodate multiple modes of
  115  transportation and multiple types of infrastructure. The
  116  intended benefits of the program include, but are not limited
  117  to, addressing issues such as:
  118         (a) Hurricane evacuation.
  119         (b) Congestion mitigation.
  120         (c) Trade and logistics.
  121         (d) Broadband, water, and sewer connectivity.
  122         (e) Energy distribution.
  123         (f) Autonomous, connected, shared, and electric vehicle
  124  technology.
  125         (g) Other transportation modes, such as shared-use
  126  nonmotorized trails, freight and passenger rail, and public
  127  transit.
  128         (h) Mobility as a service.
  129         (i) Availability of a trained workforce skilled in
  130  traditional and emerging technologies.
  131         (j) Protection or enhancement of wildlife corridors or
  132  environmentally sensitive areas.
  133         (2) The program is composed of all of the following
  134  corridors:
  135         (a) Southwest-Central Florida Connector, extending from
  136  Collier County to Polk County.
  137         (b) Suncoast Connector, extending from Citrus County to
  138  Jefferson County.
  139         (c) Northern Turnpike Connector, extending from the
  140  northern terminus of the Florida Turnpike northwest to the
  141  Suncoast Parkway.
  142         (3)(a) Projects undertaken in the corridors identified in
  143  subsection (2) are tolled facilities and approved turnpike
  144  projects that are part of the turnpike system, and are
  145  considered as Strategic Intermodal System facilities.
  146         (b) During the project development phase, the department
  147  shall identify opportunities to accommodate or colocate multiple
  148  types of infrastructure-addressing issues, such as those
  149  identified in subsection (1), within or adjacent to the
  150  corridors.
  151         (c)1.During the project development phase, the department
  152  shall utilize an inclusive, consensus-building mechanism for
  153  each proposed multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2).
  154  For each multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2), the
  155  department shall convene a corridor task force composed of
  156  appropriate representatives of:
  157         a. The Department of Environmental Protection;
  158         b. The Department of Economic Opportunity;
  159         c. The Department of Education;
  160         d. The Department of Health;
  161         e. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
  162         f. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
  163         g. The local water management district or districts;
  164         h. A local government official from each local government
  165  within a proposed corridor;
  166         i. Metropolitan planning organizations;
  167         j. Regional planning councils; and
  168         k. Other appropriate conservation or community not-for
  169  profit organizations as determined by the department.
  170         2. The secretary of the department shall appoint the
  171  members of the respective corridor task forces by August 1,
  172  2019.
  173         3. Each corridor task force shall coordinate with the
  174  department on pertinent aspects of corridor analysis, including
  175  accommodation or colocation of multiple types of infrastructure,
  176  addressing issues such as those identified in subsection (1),
  177  within or adjacent to the corridor.
  178         4. Each corridor task force shall evaluate the need for,
  179  and the economic and environmental impacts of, hurricane
  180  evacuation impacts of, and land use impacts of, the related
  181  corridor as identified in subsection (2).
  182         5. Each corridor task force shall hold a public meeting in
  183  accordance with chapter 286 in each local government
  184  jurisdiction in which a project within an identified corridor is
  185  being considered.
  186         6. To the maximum extent feasible, the department shall
  187  adhere to the recommendations of the task force created for each
  188  corridor in the design of the multiple modes of transportation
  189  and multiple types of infrastructure associated with the
  190  corridor. The task force for each corridor may consider and
  191  recommend innovative concepts to combine right-of-way
  192  acquisition with the acquisition of lands or easements to
  193  facilitate environmental mitigation or ecosystem, wildlife
  194  habitat, or water quality protection or restoration. The
  195  department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental
  196  Protection, may incorporate those features into each corridor
  197  during the project development phase.
  198         7. The Southwest-Central Florida Connector corridor task
  199  force shall:
  200         a.Address the impacts of the construction of a project
  201  within the corridor on panther and other critical wildlife
  202  habitat and evaluate in its final report the need for
  203  acquisition of lands for state conservation or as mitigation for
  204  project construction; and
  205         b.Evaluate wildlife crossing design features to protect
  206  panther and other critical wildlife habitat corridor
  207  connections.
  208         8. The Suncoast Connector corridor task force and the
  209  Northern Turnpike Connector corridor task force shall evaluate
  210  design features and the need for acquisition of state
  211  conservation lands that mitigate the impact of project
  212  construction within the respective corridors on:
  213         a. The water quality and quantity of springs, rivers, and
  214  aquifer recharge areas;
  215         b. Agricultural land uses; and
  216         c. Wildlife habitat.
  217         9. Each corridor task force shall issue its evaluations in
  218  a final report that must be submitted to the Governor, the
  219  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  220  Representatives by October 1, 2020.
  221         (4)(a) Project construction in any corridor identified in
  222  subsection (2) is not eligible for funding until submission of
  223  the final report of the corridor task force for that corridor
  224  required in subsection (3) and completion of 30 percent of the
  225  design phase of any project within a corridor identified in
  226  subsection (2), except for project phases that are under
  227  construction or for which project alignment has been determined.
  228         (b) Subject to the economic and environmental feasibility
  229  statement requirements of s. 338.223, projects may be funded
  230  through turnpike revenue bonds or right-of-way and bridge
  231  construction bonds or financing by the Florida Department of
  232  Transportation Financing Corporation; by advances from the State
  233  Transportation Trust Fund; with funds obtained through the
  234  creation of public-private partnerships; or any combination
  235  thereof. The department also may accept donations of land for
  236  use as transportation rights-of-way or to secure or use
  237  transportation rights-of-way for such projects in accordance
  238  with s. 337.25. To the extent legally available, any toll
  239  revenues from the turnpike system not required for payment of
  240  principal, interest, reserves, or other required deposits for
  241  bonds; costs of operations and maintenance; other contractual
  242  obligations; or system improvement project costs must be used to
  243  repay advances received from the State Transportation Trust
  244  Fund.
  245         (c)1. Projects undertaken under this section are subject to
  246  the department’s delegated responsibilities under s. 334.044(34)
  247  for environmental review, consultation, or other action required
  248  under any federal environmental law applicable to review or
  249  approval of such projects. For projects that do not receive
  250  federal aid or projects that do not require federal action, the
  251  department must perform a project evaluation that considers the
  252  following:
  253         a. Project purpose and need;
  254         b. An alternatives analysis;
  255         c. Existing conditions of the project area and potential
  256  impacts or enhancements the project may have on social,
  257  economic, cultural, natural, and connectivity issues and
  258  resources;
  259         d. Anticipated permits identified during the project
  260  development and environmental study;
  261         e. Opportunities for stakeholder and regulatory agency
  262  coordination; and
  263         f. Public and agency comments and coordination.
  264         2. At a minimum, for projects constructed under this
  265  section, decisions on matters such as corridor configuration,
  266  project alignment, and interchange locations must be determined
  267  in accordance with applicable department rules, policies, and
  268  procedures.
  269         (5) In accordance with ss. 337.276, 338.227, and 339.0809,
  270  the Division of Bond Finance may issue on behalf of the
  271  department right-of-way and bridge construction bonds, turnpike
  272  revenue bonds, and Florida Department of Transportation
  273  Financing Corporation bonds to finance program projects, as
  274  provided in the State Bond Act.
  275         (6) To the maximum extent feasible, construction of the
  276  projects shall begin no later than December 31, 2022, with the
  277  corridors open to traffic no later than December 31, 2030.
  278         (7) Funds that result from increased revenues to the State
  279  Transportation Trust Fund derived from the amendments to s.
  280  320.08 made by this act and deposited into the fund pursuant to
  281  s. 320.20(5)(a) must be used as follows:
  282         (a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, $45 million shall be
  283  retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
  284  remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
  285  Fund.
  286         (b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, $90 million shall be
  287  retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
  288  remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
  289  Fund.
  290         (c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year and each fiscal year
  291  thereafter, all of the funds shall be retained in the State
  292  Transportation Trust Fund.
  293         (8) The amounts identified in subsection (7) by fiscal year
  294  shall be allocated as follows:
  295         (a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, to the:
  296         1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  297  Program, $12.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
  298         2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  299  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  300  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  301         3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  302  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  303  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  304         4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  305  be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
  306         5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
  307  as specified in s. 334.044(35).
  308         (b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, to the:
  309         1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  310  Program, $57.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
  311         2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  312  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  313  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  314         3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  315  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  316  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  317         4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  318  be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
  319         5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
  320  as specified in s. 334.044(35).
  321         (c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, to the:
  322         1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  323  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  324  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  325         2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  326  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  327  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  328         3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  329  be used as specified in s. 427.0159;
  330         4. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
  331  as specified in s. 334.044(35); and
  332         5. The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
  333  for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  334  Program, as specified in this section.
  335         (d) For the 2022-2023 fiscal year and each fiscal year
  336  thereafter, to the:
  337         1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
  338  used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
  339  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  340         2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
  341  as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
  342  counties impacted by hurricanes;
  343         3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
  344  be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
  345         4.The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
  346  for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
  347  Program, as specified in this section.
  348         (e) Funds allocated to the Transportation Disadvantaged
  349  Trust Fund in this subsection shall be used to award competitive
  350  grants to community transportation coordinators and
  351  transportation network companies for the purposes of providing
  352  cost-effective, door-to-door, on-demand, and scheduled
  353  transportation services that:
  354         1. Increase a transportation disadvantaged person’s access
  355  to and departure from job training, employment, health care, and
  356  other life-sustaining services;
  357         2. Enhance regional connectivity and cross-county mobility;
  358  or
  359         3. Reduce the difficulty in connecting transportation
  360  disadvantaged persons to a transportation hub and from the hub
  361  to their final destination.
  362         (f) The funds allocated as provided in this subsection
  363  shall be in addition to any other statutory funding allocations
  364  provided by law.
  365         (g) In each fiscal year in which funding provided under
  366  this subsection for the Small County Road Assistance Program,
  367  the Small County Outreach Program, the Transportation
  368  Disadvantaged Trust Fund, or the workforce development program
  369  is not committed by the end of each fiscal year, such
  370  uncommitted funds shall be used by the department to fund Multi
  371  use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program
  372  projects. As provided in s. 339.135(7), the adopted work program
  373  may be amended to transfer funds between appropriations
  374  categories or to increase an appropriation category to implement
  375  this paragraph.
  376         (9) The department, in its discretion and for hurricane
  377  impacted counties, may waive consideration of local matching
  378  funds under s. 339.2816, relating to the Small County Road
  379  Assistance Program, and may waive the match requirement of s.
  380  339.2818, relating to the Small County Outreach Program, with
  381  respect to project awards funded by the allocations to those
  382  programs provided in this section.
  383         Section 2. Subsection (35) is added to section 334.044,
  384  Florida Statutes, to read:
  385         334.044 Powers and duties of the department.—The department
  386  shall have the following general powers and duties:
  387         (35) To provide a road and bridge construction workforce
  388  development program, in consultation with affected stakeholders,
  389  for construction of projects designated in the department’s work
  390  program.
  391         (a) The workforce development program is intended to
  392  provide direct economic benefits to communities in which the
  393  department is constructing infrastructure projects and to
  394  promote employment opportunities, including within areas of low
  395  income and high unemployment.
  396         (b) The department shall merge any of its own existing
  397  workforce services into the program to create a robust workforce
  398  development program. The workforce development program must
  399  serve as a tool to address the construction labor shortage by
  400  recruiting and developing a group of skilled workers for
  401  infrastructure projects to increase the likelihood of department
  402  projects remaining on time and within budget.
  403         (c) To accomplish these activities, the department may
  404  administer workforce development contracts with consultants and
  405  nonprofit entities, such as local community partners, Florida
  406  College System institutions, and technical institutions or
  407  centers. These entities, as specified in a contract with the
  408  department, shall have the primary purposes of providing all of
  409  the following:
  410         1. Workforce recruitment.
  411         2.A training curriculum for the department’s road and
  412  bridge construction projects which includes both traditional and
  413  emerging construction methods and skills needed to construct
  414  multi-use infrastructure and facilities accommodating emerging
  415  technologies.
  416         3. Support services to remove barriers to work.
  417         (d) The department shall develop performance and outcome
  418  metrics to ensure accountability and to measure the benefits and
  419  cost-effectiveness of the program. By June 30, 2020, and
  420  annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and provide a
  421  report to the Governor, President of Senate, and Speaker of the
  422  House of Representatives detailing the results of its findings
  423  and containing any recommendations relating to future program
  424  refinements.
  425         Section 3. Subsections (1), (4) through (9), and (12)
  426  through (15) of section 320.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to
  427  read:
  428         320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
  429  there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
  430  operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
  431  defined in s. 316.003(4), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
  432  and mobile homes as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid to
  433  and collected by the department or its agent upon the
  434  registration or renewal of registration of the following:
  435         (1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
  436         (a) Any motorcycle: $10 flat.
  437         (b) Any moped: $5 flat.
  438         (c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
  439  or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this
  440  subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in
  441  the amount of $2.50 shall be paid. The proceeds of such
  442  additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
  443  Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
  444  program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
  445  Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
  446  or the general operations of the department.
  447         (d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $7.50 flat, of which
  448  $2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  449         (4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
  450  VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
  451         (a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
  452  than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
  453  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  454         (b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
  455  than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
  456  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  457         (c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
  458  than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be deposited
  459  into the General Revenue Fund.
  460         (d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
  461  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
  462  into the General Revenue Fund.
  463         (e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
  464  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
  465  into the General Revenue Fund.
  466         (f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
  467  than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
  468  into the General Revenue Fund.
  469         (g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
  470  than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the
  471  General Revenue Fund.
  472         (h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
  473  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
  474  into the General Revenue Fund.
  475         (i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
  476  than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be deposited
  477  into the General Revenue Fund.
  478         (j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
  479  than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be deposited
  480  into the General Revenue Fund.
  481         (k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
  482  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
  483  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  484         (l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
  485  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  486  Fund.
  487         (m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
  488  truck tractor used within the state or within a 150-mile radius
  489  of its home address is eligible for a license plate for a fee of
  490  $324 flat if:
  491         1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
  492  forestry products; or
  493         2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
  494  forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
  495  associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
  496  the truck tractor.
  497  
  498  Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
  499  into the General Revenue Fund.
  500         (n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for
  501  hire vehicle and which is engaged exclusively in transporting
  502  raw, unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or
  503  horticultural products within the state or within a 150-mile
  504  radius of its home address is eligible for a restricted license
  505  plate for a fee of:
  506         1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
  507  than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
  508  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  509         2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
  510  44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
  511  point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
  512  point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
  513  water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
  514  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  515  
  516  Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
  517  exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
  518  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
  519  incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
  520  delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
  521  documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility before
  522  issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
  523  paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
  524  must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
  525  nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
  526  user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
  527         (5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
  528  SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
  529         (a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
  530  of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
  531  or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
  532  General Revenue Fund.
  533         2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
  534  fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
  535  which $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  536         (b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
  537  for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
  538  construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
  539  designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
  540  described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
  541  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  542         (c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
  543  and from school or school or church activities or functions
  544  within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be
  545  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  546         (d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
  547  tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
  548  stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
  549  320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
  550  $41 flat, of which $11 shall be deposited into the General
  551  Revenue Fund.
  552         (e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
  553  vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
  554  paragraph (d), as follows:
  555         1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
  556  than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
  557  into the General Revenue Fund.
  558         2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
  559  than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
  560  into the General Revenue Fund.
  561         3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
  562  than 26,000 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
  563  into the General Revenue Fund.
  564         4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
  565  than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
  566  into the General Revenue Fund.
  567         5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
  568  than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
  569  into the General Revenue Fund.
  570         6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
  571  than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be deposited
  572  into the General Revenue Fund.
  573         7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
  574  than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be deposited
  575  into the General Revenue Fund.
  576         8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
  577  than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
  578  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  579         9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
  580  flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  581  Fund.
  582         (f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
  583  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  584         (6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
  585         (a) Under nine passengers: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall
  586  be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per cwt,
  587  of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  588  Fund.
  589         (b) Nine passengers and over: $17 flat, of which $4.50
  590  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per
  591  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
  592  Revenue Fund.
  593         (7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
  594         (a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
  595  year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited into
  596  the General Revenue Fund.
  597         (b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
  598  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
  599  cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the General
  600  Revenue Fund.
  601         (8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
  602         (a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
  603  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
  604  cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
  605  Revenue Fund.
  606         (b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
  607  $3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
  608  $1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
  609  General Revenue Fund.
  610         (9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
  611         (a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
  612  s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27
  613  flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
  614  Fund.
  615         (b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
  616  $13.50 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General
  617  Revenue Fund.
  618         (c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
  619         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
  620  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  621         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
  622  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  623         (d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
  624         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
  625  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  626         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
  627  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  628         (e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
  629         1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
  630  $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  631         2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
  632  which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  633         (12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
  634  motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
  635  boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
  636  license plate: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
  637  the General Revenue Fund.
  638         (13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
  639  official license plate: $4 flat, of which $1 shall be deposited
  640  into the General Revenue Fund, except that the registration or
  641  renewal of a registration of a marine boat trailer exempt under
  642  s. 320.102 is not subject to any license tax.
  643         (14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
  644  vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
  645  miles thereof: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
  646  the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per cwt, of which 50 cents
  647  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  648         (15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
  649  transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
  650  $26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
  651         Section 4. Section 339.1373, Florida Statutes, is created
  652  to read:
  653         339.1373Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
  654  Significance Program; funding.—
  655         (1) The department shall allocate sufficient funds to
  656  implement the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
  657  Significance Program, develop a plan to expend the revenues as
  658  specified in s. 338.2278, and, prior to its adoption, amend the
  659  current tentative work program for the 2019-2020 through 2023
  660  2024 fiscal years to include program projects. In addition,
  661  prior to adoption of the work program, the department shall
  662  submit a budget amendment pursuant to s. 339.135(7), requesting
  663  budget authority necessary to implement the program as specified
  664  in s. 338.2278.
  665         (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
  666  increase in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund
  667  derived from the amendments to s. 320.08 made by this act and
  668  deposited into the fund pursuant to s. 320.20(5)(a) shall be
  669  used by the department to fund the programs as specified in s.
  670  338.2278.
  671         Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 339.0801, Florida
  672  Statutes, is amended to read:
  673         339.0801 Allocation of increased revenues derived from
  674  amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) by ch. 2012-128.—Funds that result
  675  from increased revenues to the State Transportation Trust Fund
  676  derived from the amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) made by this act
  677  must be used annually, first as set forth in subsection (1) and
  678  then as set forth in subsections (2)-(5), notwithstanding any
  679  other provision of law:
  680         (2)(a)For each of the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022
  681  fiscal years Beginning in the 2013-2014 fiscal year and annually
  682  for up to 30 years thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred
  683  to Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with
  684  Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law, to the maximum extent feasible
  685  for feeder roads, structures, interchanges, appurtenances, and
  686  other rights to create or facilitate access to the existing
  687  turnpike system.
  688         (b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 fiscal year and annually
  689  thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred to Florida’s
  690  Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with s. 338.2278,
  691  with preference to feeder roads, interchanges, and appurtenances
  692  that create or facilitate multi-use corridor access and
  693  connectivity.
  694         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.