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An act relating to transportation; creating s.
338.2278, F.S.; creating the Multi-use Corridors of
Regional Economic Significance Program within the
Department of Transportation; providing the purpose of
the program; specifying the corridors included in the
program; specifying that projects undertaken in the
corridors are tolled facilities and certain approved
turnpike projects, and are considered as Strategic
Intermodal System facilities; requiring the department
to identify certain opportunities to accommodate or
colocate multiple types of infrastructure-addressing
issues during the project development phase; requiring
the department to utilize an inclusive, consensus-
building mechanism for each proposed multi-use
corridor identified during the project development
phase; requiring the department to convene a corridor
task force composed of certain representatives for
each multi-use corridor; requiring the secretary of
the department to appoint the members of the
respective corridor task forces by a specified date;
providing requirements for the corridor tasks forces;
requiring the department to adhere to certain
recommendations of the task force created for each
corridor; authorizing the task force for each corridor
to consider and recommend certain innovative concepts;
authorizing the department, in consultation with the
Department of Environmental Protection, to incorporate
certain features into each corridor during the project
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development phase; requiring each corridor task force
to submit a certain report to the Governor and the
Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
department to provide affected local governments with
a copy of the applicable task force report and project
alignments; requiring a local government that has an
interchange within its jurisdiction to review the
applicable task force report and its local
comprehensive plan by a specified date; providing
requirements for the local government review;
providing specified requirements that must be met
before project construction in any identified corridor
is eligible for funding; providing exceptions to such
requirements; authorizing sources of funding for the
projects; authorizing the department to accept certain
donations of land for the projects; requiring that
certain toll revenues from the turnpike system be used
to repay advances received from the State
Transportation Trust Fund; providing requirements for
the department relating to certain delegated
responsibilities; requiring the department to perform
a specified project evaluation on certain projects;
requiring that certain decisions on projects be
determined in accordance with applicable department
rules, policies, and procedures; providing design
requirements for corridor configuration, project
alignment, and interchange locations; authorizing the
Division of Bond Finance, on behalf of the department,
to issue certain bonds to finance projects in the
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program, as provided in the State Bond Act; providing
specified dates for the construction of the projects
and opening of the corridors; providing for specified
transfers from the State Transportation Trust Fund to
the General Revenue Fund; providing for specified
allocations of such transfers; providing requirements
for use of funds allocated to the Transportation
Disadvantaged Trust Fund; providing that allocated
funds are in addition to any other statutory funding
allocations; requiring that specified uncommitted
funds be used by the department to fund program
projects; authorizing the adopted work program to be
amended to transfer funds between appropriations
categories or to increase an appropriation category
for a certain purpose; authorizing the department to
waive consideration of certain matching funds relating
to specified programs for hurricane-impacted counties
with respect to certain project awards; amending s.
334.044, F.S.; requiring that the department, in
consultation with affected stakeholders, provide a
road and bridge construction workforce development
program for construction of projects designated in the
department’s work program; providing intent for the
workforce development program; providing requirements
for the department and the program; authorizing the
department to administer certain workforce development
contracts with consultants and nonprofit entities;
providing primary purposes for such entities;
requiring the department to prepare and provide a
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certain report to the Governor and the Legislature by
a specified date; amending s. 320.08, F.S.; deleting a
requirement that specified fees from annual license
taxes be deposited into the General Revenue Fund;
creating s. 339.1373, F.S.; requiring that the
department allocate sufficient funds to implement the
Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
Program, develop a plan to expend revenues, and, prior
to its adoption, amend the current tentative work
program for specified fiscal years to include program
projects; requiring the department to submit a certain
budget amendment; requiring that specified increases
in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund be
used by the department to fund the Multi-use Corridors
of Regional Economic Significance Program; amending s.
339.0801, F.S.; limiting to specified fiscal years a
previously authorized transfer of funds to Florida’s
Turnpike Enterprise; requiring that, beginning with a
specified fiscal year, such transfer be allocated for
a certain purpose with certain specified preferences;
creating s. 337.1101, F.S.; specifying requirements
for the department when the department or any entity
or enterprise within the department determines that it
is in the best interest of the public to resolve a
certain protest of the award of a certain contract;
providing requirements for a certain memorandum;
providing requirements for certain notifications;
prohibiting the department from pledging any current
or future action by another branch of state government
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as a condition of any procurement action; requiring
certain settlements to be contingent upon and subject
to legislative appropriation or statutory amendment;
authorizing the department to agree to use its efforts
to procure legislative funding or statutory
amendments; providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. Section 338.2278, Florida Statutes, is created
to read:
338.2278 Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
Significance Program.—
(1) There is created within the department the Multi-use
Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program. The purpose
of the program is to revitalize rural communities, encourage job
creation, and provide regional connectivity while leveraging
technology, enhancing quality of life and public safety, and
protecting the environment and natural resources. The objective
of the program is to advance the construction of regional
corridors that are intended to accommodate multiple modes of
transportation and multiple types of infrastructure. The
intended benefits of the program include, but are not limited
to, addressing issues such as:
(a) Hurricane evacuation.
(b) Congestion mitigation.
(c) Trade and logistics.
(d) Broadband, water, and sewer connectivity.
(e) Energy distribution.
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(f) Autonomous, connected, shared, and electric vehicle
technology.
(g) Other transportation modes, such as shared-use
nonmotorized trails, freight and passenger rail, and public
transit.
(h) Mobility as a service.
(i) Availability of a trained workforce skilled in
traditional and emerging technologies.
(j) Protection or enhancement of wildlife corridors or
environmentally sensitive areas.
(k) Protection or enhancement of primary springs protection
zones and farmland preservation areas designated within local
comprehensive plans adopted under chapter 163.
(2) The program is composed of all of the following
corridors:
(a) Southwest-Central Florida Connector, extending from
Collier County to Polk County.
(b) Suncoast Connector, extending from Citrus County to
Jefferson County.
(c) Northern Turnpike Connector, extending from the
northern terminus of the Florida Turnpike northwest to the
Suncoast Parkway.
(3)(a) Projects undertaken in the corridors identified in
subsection (2) are tolled facilities and approved turnpike
projects that are part of the turnpike system, and are
considered as Strategic Intermodal System facilities.
(b) During the project development phase, the department
shall identify opportunities to accommodate or colocate multiple
types of infrastructure-addressing issues, such as those
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identified in subsection (1), within or adjacent to the
corridors.
(c)1. During the project development phase, the department
shall utilize an inclusive, consensus-building mechanism for
each proposed multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2).
For each multi-use corridor identified in subsection (2), the
department shall convene a corridor task force composed of
appropriate representatives of:
a. The Department of Environmental Protection;
b. The Department of Economic Opportunity;
c. The Department of Education;
d. The Department of Health;
e. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
f. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
g. The local water management district or districts;
h. A local government official from each local government
within a proposed corridor;
i. Metropolitan planning organizations;
j. Regional planning councils;
k. The community, who may be an individual or a member of a
nonprofit community organization, as determined by the
department; and
l. Appropriate environmental groups, such as 1000 Friends
of Florida, Audubon Florida, the Everglades Foundation, The
Nature Conservancy, the Florida Sierra Club, and the Florida
Wildlife Corridor, as determined by the department.
2. The secretary of the department shall appoint the
members of the respective corridor task forces by August 1,
2019.
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3. Each corridor task force shall coordinate with the
department on pertinent aspects of corridor analysis, including
accommodation or colocation of multiple types of infrastructure,
addressing issues such as those identified in subsection (1),
within or adjacent to the corridor.
4. Each corridor task force shall evaluate the need for,
and the economic and environmental impacts of, hurricane
evacuation impacts of, and land use impacts of, the related
corridor as identified in subsection (2).
5. Each corridor task force shall hold a public meeting in
accordance with chapter 286 in each local government
jurisdiction in which a project within an identified corridor is
being considered.
6. To the maximum extent feasible, the department shall
adhere to the recommendations of the task force created for each
corridor in the design of the multiple modes of transportation
and multiple types of infrastructure associated with the
corridor. The task force for each corridor may consider and
recommend innovative concepts to combine right-of-way
acquisition with the acquisition of lands or easements to
facilitate environmental mitigation or ecosystem, wildlife
habitat, or water quality protection or restoration. The
department, in consultation with the Department of Environmental
Protection, may incorporate those features into each corridor
during the project development phase.
7. The Southwest-Central Florida Connector corridor task
force shall:
a. Address the impacts of the construction of a project
within the corridor on panther and other critical wildlife
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habitat and evaluate in its final report the need for
acquisition of lands for state conservation or as mitigation for
project construction; and
b. Evaluate wildlife crossing design features to protect
panther and other critical wildlife habitat corridor
connections.
8. The Suncoast Connector corridor task force and the
Northern Turnpike Connector corridor task force shall evaluate
design features and the need for acquisition of state
conservation lands that mitigate the impact of project
construction within the respective corridors on:
a. The water quality and quantity of springs, rivers, and
aquifer recharge areas;
b. Agricultural land uses; and
c. Wildlife habitat.
9. Each corridor task force shall issue its evaluations in
a final report that must be submitted to the Governor, the
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives by October 1, 2020.
10. The department shall provide affected local governments
with a copy of the applicable task force report and project
alignments. Not later than December 31, 2023, a local government
that has an interchange within its jurisdiction shall review the
applicable task force report and its local comprehensive plan as
adopted under chapter 163. The local government review must
include consideration of whether the area in and around the
interchange contains appropriate land uses and natural resource
protections and whether the comprehensive plan should be amended
to provide such appropriate uses and protections.
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(4)(a) Project construction in any corridor identified in
subsection (2) is not eligible for funding until submission of
the final report of the corridor task force for that corridor
required in subsection (3) and completion of 30 percent of the
design phase of any project within a corridor identified in
subsection (2), except for project phases that are under
construction or for which project alignment has been determined.
(b) Subject to the economic and environmental feasibility
statement requirements of s. 338.223, projects may be funded
through turnpike revenue bonds or right-of-way and bridge
construction bonds or financing by the Florida Department of
Transportation Financing Corporation; by advances from the State
Transportation Trust Fund; with funds obtained through the
creation of public-private partnerships; or any combination
thereof. The department also may accept donations of land for
use as transportation rights-of-way or to secure or use
transportation rights-of-way for such projects in accordance
with s. 337.25. To the extent legally available, any toll
revenues from the turnpike system not required for payment of
principal, interest, reserves, or other required deposits for
bonds; costs of operations and maintenance; other contractual
obligations; or system improvement project costs must be used to
repay advances received from the State Transportation Trust
Fund.
(c)1. Projects undertaken under this section are subject to
the department’s delegated responsibilities under s. 334.044(34)
for environmental review, consultation, or other action required
under any federal environmental law applicable to review or
approval of such projects. For projects that do not receive
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federal aid or projects that do not require federal action, the
department must perform a project evaluation that considers the
following:
a. Project purpose and need;
b. An alternatives analysis;
c. Existing conditions of the project area and potential
impacts or enhancements the project may have on social,
economic, cultural, natural, and connectivity issues and
resources;
d. Anticipated permits identified during the project
development and environmental study;
e. Opportunities for stakeholder and regulatory agency
coordination; and
f. Public and agency comments and coordination.
2. At a minimum, for projects constructed under this
section, decisions on matters such as corridor configuration,
project alignment, and interchange locations must be determined
in accordance with applicable department rules, policies, and
procedures.
3. To the greatest extent practical, corridor
configuration, project alignment, and interchange locations
shall be designed so that project rights-of-way are not located
within conservation lands acquired under the Florida
Preservation 2000 Act as established in s. 259.101, and the
Florida Forever program as established in s. 259.105.
(5) In accordance with ss. 337.276, 338.227, and 339.0809,
the Division of Bond Finance may issue on behalf of the
department right-of-way and bridge construction bonds, turnpike
revenue bonds, and Florida Department of Transportation
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Financing Corporation bonds to finance program projects, as
provided in the State Bond Act.
(6) To the maximum extent feasible, construction of the
projects shall begin no later than December 31, 2022, with the
corridors open to traffic no later than December 31, 2030.
(7) Funds that result from increased revenues to the State
Transportation Trust Fund derived from the amendments to s.
320.08 made by this act and deposited into the fund pursuant to
s. 320.20(5)(a) must be used as follows:
(a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, $45 million shall be
retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
Fund.
(b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, $90 million shall be
retained in the State Transportation Trust Fund, and the
remaining funds shall be transferred to the General Revenue
Fund.
(c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year and each fiscal year
thereafter, all of the funds shall be retained in the State
Transportation Trust Fund.
(8) The amounts identified in subsection (7) by fiscal year
shall be allocated as follows:
(a) For the 2019-2020 fiscal year, to the:
1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
Program, $12.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
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as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
as specified in s. 334.044(35).
(b) For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, to the:
1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
Program, $57.5 million, to be used as specified in this section;
2. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
3. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
4. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
5. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
as specified in s. 334.044(35).
(c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, to the:
1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
be used as specified in s. 427.0159;
4. Workforce development program, $2.5 million, to be used
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as specified in s. 334.044(35); and
5. The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
Program, as specified in this section.
(d) For the 2022-2023 fiscal year and each fiscal year
thereafter, to the:
1. Small County Road Assistance Program, $10 million, to be
used as specified in s. 339.2816, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
2. Small County Outreach Program, $10 million, to be used
as specified in s. 339.2818, with preference to projects in
counties impacted by hurricanes;
3. Transportation Disadvantaged Trust Fund, $10 million, to
be used as specified in s. 427.0159; and
4. The remaining funds under this paragraph shall be used
for the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance
Program, as specified in this section.
(e) Funds allocated to the Transportation Disadvantaged
Trust Fund in this subsection shall be used to award competitive
grants to community transportation coordinators and
transportation network companies for the purposes of providing
cost-effective, door-to-door, on-demand, and scheduled
transportation services that:
1. Increase a transportation disadvantaged person’s access
to and departure from job training, employment, health care, and
other life-sustaining services;
2. Enhance regional connectivity and cross-county mobility;
or
3. Reduce the difficulty in connecting transportation
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disadvantaged persons to a transportation hub and from the hub
to their final destination.
(f) The funds allocated as provided in this subsection
shall be in addition to any other statutory funding allocations
provided by law.
(g) In each fiscal year in which funding provided under
this subsection for the Small County Road Assistance Program,
the Small County Outreach Program, the Transportation
Disadvantaged Trust Fund, or the workforce development program
is not committed by the end of each fiscal year, such
uncommitted funds shall be used by the department to fund Multi-
use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance Program
projects. As provided in s. 339.135(7), the adopted work program
may be amended to transfer funds between appropriations
categories or to increase an appropriation category to implement
this paragraph.
(9) The department, in its discretion and for hurricane-
impacted counties, may waive consideration of local matching
funds under s. 339.2816, relating to the Small County Road
Assistance Program, and may waive the match requirement of s.
339.2818, relating to the Small County Outreach Program, with
respect to project awards funded by the allocations to those
programs provided in this section.
Section 2. Subsection (35) is added to section 334.044,
Florida Statutes, to read:
334.044 Powers and duties of the department.—The department
shall have the following general powers and duties:
(35) To provide a road and bridge construction workforce
development program, in consultation with affected stakeholders,
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for construction of projects designated in the department’s work
program.
(a) The workforce development program is intended to
provide direct economic benefits to communities in which the
department is constructing infrastructure projects and to
promote employment opportunities, including within areas of low
income and high unemployment.
(b) The department shall merge any of its own existing
workforce services into the program to create a robust workforce
development program. The workforce development program must
serve as a tool to address the construction labor shortage by
recruiting and developing a group of skilled workers for
infrastructure projects to increase the likelihood of department
projects remaining on time and within budget.
(c) To accomplish these activities, the department may
administer workforce development contracts with consultants and
nonprofit entities, such as local community partners, Florida
College System institutions, and technical institutions or
centers. These entities, as specified in a contract with the
department, shall have the primary purposes of providing all of
the following:
1. Workforce recruitment.
2. A training curriculum for the department’s road and
bridge construction projects which includes both traditional and
emerging construction methods and skills needed to construct
multi-use infrastructure and facilities accommodating emerging
technologies.
3. Support services to remove barriers to work.
(d) The department shall develop performance and outcome
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metrics to ensure accountability and to measure the benefits and
cost-effectiveness of the program. By June 30, 2020, and
annually thereafter, the department shall prepare and provide a
report to the Governor, President of Senate, and Speaker of the
House of Representatives detailing the results of its findings
and containing any recommendations relating to future program
refinements.
Section 3. Subsections (1), (4) through (9), and (12)
through (15) of section 320.08, Florida Statutes, are amended to
read:
320.08 License taxes.—Except as otherwise provided herein,
there are hereby levied and imposed annual license taxes for the
operation of motor vehicles, mopeds, motorized bicycles as
defined in s. 316.003(4), tri-vehicles as defined in s. 316.003,
and mobile homes as defined in s. 320.01, which shall be paid to
and collected by the department or its agent upon the
registration or renewal of registration of the following:
(1) MOTORCYCLES AND MOPEDS.—
(a) Any motorcycle: $10 flat.
(b) Any moped: $5 flat.
(c) Upon registration of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle,
or moped, in addition to the license taxes specified in this
subsection, a nonrefundable motorcycle safety education fee in
the amount of $2.50 shall be paid. The proceeds of such
additional fee shall be deposited in the Highway Safety
Operating Trust Fund to fund a motorcycle driver improvement
program implemented pursuant to s. 322.025, the Florida
Motorcycle Safety Education Program established in s. 322.0255,
or the general operations of the department.
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(d) An ancient or antique motorcycle: $7.50 flat, of which
$2.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(4) HEAVY TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS
VEHICLE WEIGHT.—
(a) Gross vehicle weight of 5,001 pounds or more, but less
than 6,000 pounds: $60.75 flat, of which $15.75 shall be
deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(b) Gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or more, but less
than 8,000 pounds: $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(c) Gross vehicle weight of 8,000 pounds or more, but less
than 10,000 pounds: $103 flat, of which $27 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
(d) Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
(e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
(f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
than 26,001 pounds: $251 flat, of which $65 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
(g) Gross vehicle weight of 26,001 pounds or more, but less
than 35,000: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited into the
General Revenue Fund.
(h) Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
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than 55,000 pounds: $773 flat, of which $201 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
(j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
than 62,000 pounds: $916 flat, of which $238 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
(k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(l) Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
Fund.
(m) Notwithstanding the declared gross vehicle weight, a
truck tractor used within the state or within a 150-mile radius
of its home address is eligible for a license plate for a fee of
$324 flat if:
1. The truck tractor is used exclusively for hauling
forestry products; or
2. The truck tractor is used primarily for the hauling of
forestry products, and is also used for the hauling of
associated forestry harvesting equipment used by the owner of
the truck tractor.
Of the fee imposed by this paragraph, $84 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
(n) A truck tractor or heavy truck, not operated as a for-
hire vehicle and which is engaged exclusively in transporting
raw, unprocessed, and nonmanufactured agricultural or
horticultural products within the state or within a 150-mile
radius of its home address is eligible for a restricted license
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plate for a fee of:
1. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is less
than 44,000 pounds, $87.75 flat, of which $22.75 shall be
deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
2. If such vehicle’s declared gross vehicle weight is
44,000 pounds or more and such vehicle only transports from the
point of production to the point of primary manufacture; to the
point of assembling the same; or to a shipping point of a rail,
water, or motor transportation company, $324 flat, of which $84
shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
Such not-for-hire truck tractors and heavy trucks used
exclusively in transporting raw, unprocessed, and
nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural products may be
incidentally used to haul farm implements and fertilizers
delivered direct to the growers. The department may require any
documentation deemed necessary to determine eligibility before
issuance of this license plate. For the purpose of this
paragraph, “not-for-hire” means the owner of the motor vehicle
must also be the owner of the raw, unprocessed, and
nonmanufactured agricultural or horticultural product, or the
user of the farm implements and fertilizer being delivered.
(5) SEMITRAILERS, FEES ACCORDING TO GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT;
SCHOOL BUSES; SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—
(a)1. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means
of a fifth-wheel arrangement: $13.50 flat per registration year
or any part thereof, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the
General Revenue Fund.
2. A semitrailer drawn by a GVW truck tractor by means of a
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fifth-wheel arrangement: $68 flat per permanent registration, of
which $18 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(b) A motor vehicle equipped with machinery and designed
for the exclusive purpose of well drilling, excavation,
construction, spraying, or similar activity, and which is not
designed or used to transport loads other than the machinery
described above over public roads: $44 flat, of which $11.50
shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(c) A school bus used exclusively to transport pupils to
and from school or school or church activities or functions
within their own county: $41 flat, of which $11 shall be
deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(d) A wrecker, as defined in s. 320.01, which is used to
tow a vessel as defined in s. 327.02, a disabled, abandoned,
stolen-recovered, or impounded motor vehicle as defined in s.
320.01, or a replacement motor vehicle as defined in s. 320.01:
$41 flat, of which $11 shall be deposited into the General
Revenue Fund.
(e) A wrecker that is used to tow any nondisabled motor
vehicle, a vessel, or any other cargo unless used as defined in
paragraph (d), as follows:
1. Gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or more, but less
than 15,000 pounds: $118 flat, of which $31 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
2. Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less
than 20,000 pounds: $177 flat, of which $46 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
3. Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less
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into the General Revenue Fund.
4. Gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or more, but less
than 35,000 pounds: $324 flat, of which $84 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
5. Gross vehicle weight of 35,000 pounds or more, but less
than 44,000 pounds: $405 flat, of which $105 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
6. Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less
than 55,000 pounds: $772 flat, of which $200 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
7. Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less
than 62,000 pounds: $915 flat, of which $237 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund.
8. Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less
than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be
deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322
flat, of which $343 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
Fund.
(f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50
shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(6) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
(a) Under nine passengers: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall
be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per cwt,
of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General Revenue
Fund.
(b) Nine passengers and over: $17 flat, of which $4.50
shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per
cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
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Revenue Fund.
(7) TRAILERS FOR PRIVATE USE.—
(a) Any trailer weighing 500 pounds or less: $6.75 flat per
year or any part thereof, of which $1.75 shall be deposited into
the General Revenue Fund.
(b) Net weight over 500 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1 per
cwt, of which 25 cents shall be deposited into the General
Revenue Fund.
(8) TRAILERS FOR HIRE.—
(a) Net weight under 2,000 pounds: $3.50 flat, of which $1
shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus $1.50 per
cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the General
Revenue Fund.
(b) Net weight 2,000 pounds or more: $13.50 flat, of which
$3.50 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund; plus
$1.50 per cwt, of which 50 cents shall be deposited into the
General Revenue Fund.
(9) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE-TYPE UNITS.—
(a) A travel trailer or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined by
s. 320.01(1)(b), that does not exceed 35 feet in length: $27
flat, of which $7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue
Fund.
(b) A camping trailer, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)2.:
$13.50 flat, of which $3.50 shall be deposited into the General
Revenue Fund.
(c) A motor home, as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)4.:
1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
$7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
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2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(d) A truck camper as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)3.:
1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
$7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:
1. Net weight of less than 4,500 pounds: $27 flat, of which
$7 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
2. Net weight of 4,500 pounds or more: $47.25 flat, of
which $12.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(12) DEALER AND MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.—A franchised
motor vehicle dealer, independent motor vehicle dealer, marine
boat trailer dealer, or mobile home dealer and manufacturer
license plate: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
the General Revenue Fund.
(13) EXEMPT OR OFFICIAL LICENSE PLATES.—Any exempt or
official license plate: $4 flat, of which $1 shall be deposited
into the General Revenue Fund, except that the registration or
renewal of a registration of a marine boat trailer exempt under
s. 320.102 is not subject to any license tax.
(14) LOCALLY OPERATED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—A motor
vehicle for hire operated wholly within a city or within 25
miles thereof: $17 flat, of which $4.50 shall be deposited into
the General Revenue Fund; plus $2 per cwt, of which 50 cents
shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
(15) TRANSPORTER.—Any transporter license plate issued to a
transporter pursuant to s. 320.133: $101.25 flat, of which
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$26.25 shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
Section 4. Section 339.1373, Florida Statutes, is created
to read:
339.1373 Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
Significance Program; funding.—
(1) The department shall allocate sufficient funds to
implement the Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic
Significance Program, develop a plan to expend the revenues as
specified in s. 338.2278, and, prior to its adoption, amend the
current tentative work program for the 2019-2020 through 2023-
2024 fiscal years to include program projects. In addition,
prior to adoption of the work program, the department shall
submit a budget amendment pursuant to s. 339.135(7), requesting
budget authority necessary to implement the program as specified
in s. 338.2278.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
increase in revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund
derived from the amendments to s. 320.08 made by this act and
deposited into the fund pursuant to s. 320.20(5)(a) shall be
used by the department to fund the programs as specified in s.
338.2278.
Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 339.0801, Florida
Statutes, is amended to read:
339.0801 Allocation of increased revenues derived from
amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) by ch. 2012-128.—Funds that result
from increased revenues to the State Transportation Trust Fund
derived from the amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) made by this act
must be used annually, first as set forth in subsection (1) and
then as set forth in subsections (2)-(5), notwithstanding any
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other provision of law:
(2)(a) For each of the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022
fiscal years Beginning in the 2013-2014 fiscal year and annually
for up to 30 years thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred
to Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with
Florida Turnpike Enterprise Law, to the maximum extent feasible
for feeder roads, structures, interchanges, appurtenances, and
other rights to create or facilitate access to the existing
turnpike system.
(b) Beginning with the 2022-2023 fiscal year and annually
thereafter, $35 million shall be transferred to Florida’s
Turnpike Enterprise, to be used in accordance with s. 338.2278,
with preference to feeder roads, interchanges, and appurtenances
that create or facilitate multi-use corridor access and
connectivity.
Section 6. Section 337.1101, Florida Statutes, is created
to read:
337.1101 Contracting and procurement authority of the
department; settlements; notification required.—
(1) When the department, or any entity or enterprise within
the department, determines that it is in the best interest of
the public to resolve a protest filed in accordance with s.
120.57(3) of the award of a contract being procured pursuant to
s. 337.11 or related to the purchase of personal property or
contractual services being procured pursuant to s. 287.057,
through a settlement that requires the department to pay a
nonselected responsive bidder a total sum of $1 million or more,
including any amount paid pursuant to s. 334.049, s. 337.11(8),
or any other law, the department must:
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(a) Document in a written memorandum by the secretary the
specific reasons that such settlement and payment to a
nonselected responsive bidder is in the best interest of the
state. The written memorandum must be included and maintained in
the department’s permanent files concerning the procurement and
must include:
1. A description of the property rights, patent rights,
copyrights, trademarks, or the engineering design or other
design work that the department will acquire or retain as a
result of such settlement; and
2. The specific appropriation in the existing General
Appropriations Act which the department intends to use to
provide such payment.
(b) Provide prior written notification to the President of
the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Senate and House of Representatives minority leaders, the chair
and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission, and the
Attorney General at least 5 business days, or as soon thereafter
as practicable, before the department makes the settlement
agreement final. Such written notification must include the
written memorandum required pursuant to paragraph (a).
(c) Provide, at the time settlement discussions regarding
any such payment have begun in earnest, written notification of
such discussions to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, the Senate and House of
Representatives minority leaders, the chair and vice chair of
the Legislative Budget Commission, and the Attorney General.
(2) The department may not pledge any current or future
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any procurement action. Any settlement that commits the state to
spending any amount in excess of current appropriations, to the
appropriation of funds in a subsequent fiscal year, or to policy
changes inconsistent with current state law must be contingent
upon and subject to legislative appropriation or statutory
amendment. The department may agree to use its efforts to
procure legislative funding or statutory amendments.
Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
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