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:
653 339.1373 Multi-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.