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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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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.

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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


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;










as specified in s. 334.044(35).

(c) For the 2021-2022 fiscal year, to the:








be used as specified in s. 427.0159;


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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:









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


(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



(e) Gross vehicle weight of 15,000 pounds or more, but less



(f) Gross vehicle weight of 20,000 pounds or more, but less



(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



(i) Gross vehicle weight of 44,000 pounds or more, but less

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(j) Gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more, but less



(k) Gross vehicle weight of 62,000 pounds or more, but less

than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be


(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


(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


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


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


(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


(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:

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than 72,000 pounds: $1,080 flat, of which $280 shall be


9. Gross vehicle weight of 72,000 pounds or more: $1,322


Fund.

(f) A hearse or ambulance: $40.50 flat, of which $10.50


(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

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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


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


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


(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


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.:





(e) A private motor coach as defined by s. 320.01(1)(b)5.:





(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


(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.


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.


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

action by another branch of state government as a condition of

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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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