FL H0819

Amends Florida Statutes Section 320.08 to revise eligibility requirements for reduced truck license taxes on truck tractors and heavy trucks.

Modifies paragraph (m) to allow truck tractors used within the state or within 150 miles of home address to qualify for a $324 flat fee if used exclusively for hauling forestry products or primarily for hauling forestry products while also hauling associated forestry harvesting equipment.

Modifies paragraph (n) to allow agricultural and horticultural transport vehicles to qualify for reduced license fees if operated within the state or within 150 miles of home address, with fees of $87.75 for vehicles under 44,000 pounds and $324 for vehicles 44,000 pounds or more transporting from point of production to point of manufacture or shipping points.

Clarifies that agricultural transport vehicles may incidentally haul farm implements and fertilizers directly to growers and defines "not-for-hire" as requiring the vehicle owner to also own the agricultural products or farm implements being transported.

Effective date: July 1, 2018.